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6th Grade Social Studies - Chapter 1 Test Review
6th Grade Social Studies - Chapter 1 Test Review
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Review for Chapter 1 Test
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1
Where did Homo sapiens first appear?
Western Europe
East Africa
Southeast Asia
North America
2
What is one theory about why megafauna became extinct about 11,000 years ago?
Food and water became scarce due to drought.
Humans stopped hunting these animals.
The climate suddenly became colder.
The Ice Age started to end.
3
What did Beringia provide?
Access to the Indian Ocean
A shortcut from Africa to Australia
A water route from Africa to South America
A land route to North America
4
Which of the following is an artifact?
Fossilized skull of homonin
Footprint of a chimpanzee
Petrified tree branch
Spear point made of stone
5
Why was the agricultural revolution significant in human history?
More people began living as nomads & were able to travel to better climates
People became farmers and no longer had to depend on hunting and gathering.
People began living in smaller family groups & depending less on each other
People learned to work together to kill large animals.
6
According to the map, about when did early humans first arrive in South America?
14,000 years ago
40,000 years ago
100,000 years ago
70,000 years ago
7
Out of what material did Paleolithic people make their tools?
Glass
Iron
Bronze
Stone
8
What do the rock paintings of Tassili-n-Ajjer in North Africa show?
Early humans planting crops
Images of human hands
People's religious beliefs
Grasslands in an areas now desert
9
Why did some Paleolithic people in East Africa migrate to other areas between 100,000 and 75,000 years ago?
Farmland became increasingly scarce.
The climate became very unstable.
Rival groups drove them out.
The sea level was rising.
10
Which of these are megafauna?
Homo sapiens
Woolly mammoth and saber-toothed cats.
Apes such as chimpanzees.
Early homonins
11
Why are primary sources important to understanding human history?
They are passed down orally from one generation to the next.
They are based on secondary sources.
They give descriptions of events by a person who lived through them.
They provide historians' interpretations of past events.
12
What animals did humans learn to breed for hunting and protection?
Goats
Dogs
Pigs
Cattle
13
What do the rock paintings of Australia's Kakadu National Park show?
The Aborigines' strong connection to the land and nature
Grasslands that are now deserts.
How the Aborigines migrated to other lands.
The importance of government in Aborigines' lives.
14
What is an artifact?
The remains of a plant from long ago
The remains of an animal that lived long ago
A human-made object
A type of agriculture
15
What is an example of a technology that Paleolithic people developed?
Using fire to cook food
Living in small family groups with many relatives
Burying their dead with certain rituals.
Hunting for wild berries and nuts
16
What was a major way that hunter-gatherers obtained food?
Killing wild animals
Raising animals
Growing vegetables
Making flour from wheat
17
Which of the following is an important way that hunter-gatherers got food?
Growing vegetables.
Raising animals such as goats
Making flour from wheat.
Gathering fruits and nuts
18
Which term describes music, language, clothing, and other aspects of human life?
Artifacts
Technology
Government
Culture
