Unit 1 Review for Final Ancient Civ 6th Grade

Question 1

Land bridges allowed for _____________ age people to move around the world.

Accepted Answer

Stone

Question 2

Which statement best tells why we learned how to make clothes and shelter after leaving Africa?

Accepted Answer

They needed more protection to survive in colder areas

Question 3

A mountain ranges creates two different _____________

Accepted Answer

Climates

Question 4

Every place on Earth has a specific _____________

Accepted Answer

Location

Question 5

Why is the study of ancient bones important to us today?

Accepted Answer

gives us information about our human ancestors.

Question 6

By 9000 BC, people lived on all continents except ____________.

Accepted Answer

Antarctica

Question 7

What effect did the invention of tools have on early humans?

Accepted Answer

They increased chances for survival

Question 8

To study prehistory, historians rely on the work of archaeologists and _____

Accepted Answer

anthropologists

Question 9

What is the difference between a primary source and an artifact?

Accepted Answer

Primary sources are written sources; artifacts are objects.

Question 10

Early people believed in gods, such as the thunder god.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 11

Which of the following would a historian be least interested in?

Accepted Answer

the bones of a group ofpeople

Question 12

What would be the best piece of information to use to make a better government?

Accepted Answer

documents from leaders ofthe country in the past

Question 13

One way prehistoric people adapted their environment was to create tools to process food.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 14

Which of the following best defines a land bridge?

Accepted Answer

a strip of land connecting two continents

Question 15

During the Mesolithic Era, people settled in new lands.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

People in the New Stone Age had a different relationship to plants and animals due primarily to

Accepted Answer

climatic changes and human innovations

Question 17

Which Statement bes defines the Neolithic Revolution?

Accepted Answer

The shift from food gathering to food producing

Question 18

What would early people look for as they decided where to settle?

Accepted Answer

a location near enough food and water

Question 19

Sometimes, archaeologists carefully reconstruct _ ie from hundreds of broken pieces of a statue

Accepted Answer

artifacts

Question 20

People in the ancient world built huge temples and discovered planets.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 21

Ancient Egyptians believed that the Nile River was a ______

Accepted Answer

God

Question 22

A secondary sourcce is written by someone who took part in the events described.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 23

Which continent did humans reach approximately 40,000 years ago?

Accepted Answer

Australia

Question 24

History helps you understand how today's events are shaped by the events of the future.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 25

Why does the author think the people she discusses are interesting?

Accepted Answer

They do things that are remembered

Question 26

The essential resources used by early peoples were...

Accepted Answer

water, animals, and fertile land.

Question 27

Which of the following best defines a megalith?

Accepted Answer

huge stones used as monuments

Question 28

Which of the following is an example of a physical feature?

Accepted Answer

desert

Question 29

People have been making maps for over 4,000 years.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 30

What effect did farming have on people in the Stone Age?

Accepted Answer

Allowed them to build permanent settlements

Question 31

History shapes our identity and teaches us the ____ that we share

Accepted Answer

Values

Question 32

The first human-made shelters, were pits in the ground with roofs of branches and leaves.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 33

Which of the following defines Homo erectus?

Accepted Answer

Upright Man

Question 34

The language and religion of a people are physical features of a region.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 35

A historian’s work includes all of the following except...

Accepted Answer

turning ancient discoveries into modern technology.

Question 36

What is the effect of climate on plant growth?

Accepted Answer

Climate affects the temperature &amount of water for plants.

Question 37

Early people learned about fire from rubbing two rocks together.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 38

Simple tools like __________ were used for about 2 million years.

Accepted Answer

choppers

Question 39

What was important about Donald Johanson’s discovery of Lucy in 1974?

Accepted Answer

pointed to a hominid’s ability to walk upright.

Question 40

Using large animals greatly improved the ability of people to _________.

Accepted Answer

Farm

Question 41

Where are some of California’s most populated areas located?

Accepted Answer

near the Pacific Ocean and major rivers

Question 42

An archaeologist would mostlikely explore....

Accepted Answer

the site of an ancient battle

Unit 1 Review for Final Ancient Civ 6th Grade

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Unit 1 Review for Final Ancient Civ 6th Grade

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