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Why was having a surplus of food good for the people in Catal Huyuk?
they could store their food in clay jars in their homes
they could have more parties
they could specialize in different ways
2
Which map has little distortion near the equator?
polar projection
mercator projection
equal-area projection
3
How did people of the Old Stone Age survive?
they were hunter-gatherers
they fished and traveled by boats
they were farmers
4
Why did people travel to Catal Huyuk?
to visit family and friends
to go to the volcanoes to get obsidian
to trade goods for food that was grown there
5
applying medical facts to solve crimes
domesticate
forensic
flint
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a stone that makes sparks when it strikes steel
flint
distortion
forensic
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How did the people of Catal Huyuk get into their homes?
a hole in the roof
the front door
a window in the back
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How did
flaking
improve Stone Age tools?
it made the tools sharper
it made the tools easier to use
it made the tools shiny
9
Where were the Border and Blombos Caves located?
Turkey
South Africa
Australlia
10
shows the area around the North or South Pole; they are only accurate at the poles
mercator projection
polar projection
projection
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a period of 1,000 years
Neolithic Era
Paleolithic Era
millennia
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During the Paleolithic Era, what covered most of the northern part of the world?
forests
ice
water
13
a map that shows accurate shapes of land masses and straight-line directions, but has some distortions near the edges
polar projection
mercator projection
equal-area projection
14
How would baking a stone tool improve it?
it would make it harder
it would make it cleaner
it would make it sharper
15
Which map is most useful for comparing sizes of land masses?
polar projecton
equal-area projection
mercator projection
16
On which continent were simple stone tools used the longest?
North America
East Asia
Africa
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they lived in caves
hunter-gatherers
farmers
18
to move from one place to another
permafrost
surplus
migrate
19
Where did archeologists find a hut made of mammoth bones?
Ireland
Serbia
Russia
20
How did stone tools help early humans?
they used them to trade for other goods like cloth
they helped them to farm
they helped them to hunt, cook, and defend themselves
21
Which map projection would you use if you wanted to find information about the North Pole?
polar projection
equal-area projection
mercator projection
22
Why does a flat map of Earth tend to have distortions?
the earth can easily be flattened and a map can give accurate information
the earth is round and it is able to be flattened perfectly
the earth is round and it is hard to get an accurate map
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there were food surpluses, people could trade their food for other items
hunter-gatherers
farmers
24
How long did the Old Stone Age last?
about 50,000 years
about 60,000 years
about 40,000 years
25
people were able to build cities
hunter-gatherers
farmers
26
a period of time when people began to settle permanently in one location, and they began farming
permafrost
Neolithic Era
Paleolithic Era
27
a culture that has developed systems of specialization, religion, learning, and government
civilization
hunter-gatherers
domesticate
28
What kinds of tools did the people of the Old Stone Age have?
sharpened stone
sharp pieces of metal
carved sticks
29
they sharpened stone to make weapons
hunter-gatherers
farmers
30
making unclean; polluting
disintegrating
distortion
contaminating
31
the earliest part of the Stone Age where people started using stone for tools
surplus
Paleolithic Era
Neolithic Era
32
the raising of crops and animals for human use
civilization
domesticate
agriculture
33
a layer of Earth that is permanently frozen
permafrost
millennia
surplus
34
a map that is useful in comparing sizes of land masses
mercator projection
polar projection
equal-area projection
35
they killed animals for food
farmers
hunter-gatherers
36
breaking up
disentegrating
domesticate
flaking
37
an extra supply of something - like food - that is not needed right away
technology
migrate
surplus
38
a person who survives by hunting and gathering plants and animals
domesticate
civilization
hunter-gatherer
39
people raised animals and crops to provide food
hunter-gatherers
farmers
40
How did agriculture change the way people lived?
they could stay in one place to grow their food
they could travel to better places
they could throw amazing parties and have many people over
41
Which metal has been used for tools most recently in Africa and Europe?
steel
copper
iron
42
to train plants and animals to be useful to humans
domesticate
agriculture
flaking
43
people didn't have to hunt, so they were able to specialize
farmers
hunter-gatherers
44
the use of skills and tools to meet human needs
millennia
technology
projection
45
a way of showing parts of Earth on a map
projection
polar projection
mercator projection
46
to spend time doing only one thing, and getting really good at it
projection
migrate
specialize
47
Where was Catal Huyuk located?
Turkey
Africa
North America
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they had to move around to find their food
farmers
hunter-gatherers
49
errors that make a map less accurate
contaminating
disintegrating
distortion
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chipping the edges off of stone to make them sharp
agriculture
domestication
flaking
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What interesting artifact was found in the Border Cave?
a seashell bead
woven cloth
pottery
