6th Grade Social Studies - Unit 1 LEAP Review

Question 1

Which of the following most means "a human who survived by following the food they hunted" ?

Accepted Answer

hunter-gatherer

Question 2

What was the main source of food for hunter-gatherers?

Accepted Answer

animal meat and plants

Question 3

Which of the following most means "moving water from one place to another to use for crops" ?

Accepted Answer

irrigation

Question 4

Which of the following most means "a place where people establish a community" ?

Accepted Answer

settlement

Question 5

Which of these means "a long period of time without rainfall, leading to a shortage of water" ?

Accepted Answer

drought

Question 6

The discovery of farming led to...

Accepted Answer

the first permanent settlements and communities

Question 7

Which of the following most means "the weather conditions in an area of a long period of time"?

Accepted Answer

climate

Question 8

Which of these was not needed for successful farming?

Accepted Answer

animal bones

Question 9

Which of these most means "materials found in nature which are necessary or useful to humans" ?

Accepted Answer

natural resources

Question 10

Which of the following most means "the surroundings or conditions in which something lives" ?

Accepted Answer

environment

Question 11

Which of these most means "the physical landscape of Earth, and humans’ relationship with it" ?

Accepted Answer

geography

Question 12

Which of the following most means "farming" or "growing crops" ?

Accepted Answer

agriculture

Question 13

People of the Paleolithic Age lived a nomadic lifestyle. This means...

Accepted Answer

People moved from place to place in search of food

Question 14

Which of the following most means "a natural event that causes great damage or loss of life" ?

Accepted Answer

natural disaster

Question 15

The Paleolithic Era is characterized by...

Accepted Answer

the earliest use of stone tools by humans

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