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Unit 1: Prehistory
Unit 1: Prehistory
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Name the Continent
Europe
North America
Australia
Asia
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a scientist who studies past human life by analyzing fossils and artifacts
anthropologist
artifact
fossil
archeologist
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What continent did Homo Sapiens first appear on?
Europe
Africa
North America
Asia
4
Prehistory is before the invention of...
metal
the wheel
government
writing
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Name the continent:
North America
Asia
South America
Africa
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Name the Continent
Europe
Africa
Asia
Australia
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Name the Continent
Europe
Asia
Africa
South America
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A period where people began to build farming villages
Neolithic
Artifact
Middle Ages
Paleolithic
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An expert of history, especially of a particular period
historian
archaeologist
anthropologist
nomad
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an object made by humans from a past culture
prehistory
fossil
rock
artifact
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What did farmers use to make their tools more efficient?
Animals
Motors
Tools
Fertilizer
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Why were hunter-gatherers nomadic?
They moved based off of the season
They moved with the animals
They moved to build new shelter
They moved to avoid enemies
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What is one theory about why megafauna became extinct?
They migrated too far
Humans over hunted them
Food and water became scarce due to a drought
The climate stayed the same for too long
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A fertile place with water in a desert
drought
fossil
farm
oasis
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Which of the following is a secondary source?
A tool made by person in ancient times
A painting on a cave wall
A textbook
A letter written by someone who saw an event
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Name the Continent
Australia
Antarctica
Asia
North America
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What does it mean to domesticate?
To build shelters for multiple families
To raise plants and animals to make them useful to humans
To fish in the lakes and rivers
To hunt animals and gathr plants
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What is the name of the time period when people began building farming villages?
Growing plants
Paleolithic
Neolithic
Fun with Farming
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A person who moves from place to place
neolithic
nomad
artifact
Anthropologist
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Which of the following is a primary source?
A short story describing the events of early humans
A video someone took of an event
A climate map of the ancient world created by a scientist
A textbook section that tells about early humans
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Name the Continent
Europe
Africa
South America
Antarctica
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A period when people made simple tools and weapons out of stone
Prehistory
Paleolithic
Modern Times
Neolithic
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What did humans live as during the Paleolithic age?
Temple Builders
Hunter-gatherers
Animal herders
Farmers
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Why is art an important part of culture?
It shows creativity, which separates humans from animals
It shows predictions for the future
Self portraits showed exactly what people looked like
When humans are creative, they avoid conflict
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How is a fossil different from an artifact?
fossil is the remains of an organism an artifact is man-made
fossil is a type of tool while artifact is a written record
A fossil is a type of tool, while an artifact is man-made
fossil is a record while artifact is remains of organism
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The large animals of a particular region, habitat, or geological period
historian
nomad
artifact
megafauna
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Name the Continent
South America
North America
Africa
Europe
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The remains of organisms that lived long ago are
artifacts
fossils
archeologists
anthropologists
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A scientist who studies the culture development of humans
neolithic
paleolithic
archeologist
anthropologist
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Paleolithic people's tools were made out of what materials?
bronze
iron
glass
stone
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What is 1 reason fire was valuable to Paleolithic people?
It helped find animals
It provided warmth
It created candles
It provided shelter
