Why are primary sources important to understanding human history?

They give descriptions of events by a person who lived through them.

What do the rock paintings of Australia’s Kakadu National Park show?

the Aborigines’ strong connection to the land and nature

Why did some Paleolithic people in East Africa migrate to other areas between 100,000 and 75,000 years ago?

B The climate became very unstable.

Why was the agricultural revolution significant in human history?

People became farmers and no longer had to depend on hunting and gathering

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Nat Geo Ancient Civilizations Ch. 1

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1
Which of the following is an artifact?
footprint of a chimpanzee
fossilized skull of a homonin
petrified tree branch
spear point made of stone
2
Why are primary sources important to understanding human history?
They are based on secondary sources.
They are always passed down orally from one generation to the next.
They give descriptions of events by a person who lived through them.
They provide historians’ interpretations of past events.
3
Which term describes music, language, clothing, and other aspects of human life?
technology
government
culture
artifacts
4
What do the rock paintings of Australia’s Kakadu National Park show?
grasslands that are now deserts
the Aborigines’ strong connection to the land and nature
the importance of government in Aborigines’ lives
how the Aborigines migrated to other lands
5
Which of the following is an important way that hunter-gatherers got food?
raising animals such as goats
making flour from wheat
growing vegetables
gathering fruits and nuts
6
Paleolithic people’s tools were made of what material?
bronze
glass
iron
stone
7
What is one theory about why megafauna became extinct about 11,000 years ago?
Humans stopped hunting these animals.
The Ice Age started to end.
The climate suddenly became colder.
Food and water became scarce due to a drought.
8
What is an example of a technology that Paleolithic people developed?
living in small family groups with many relatives
using fire to cook food
hunting for wild berries and nuts
burying their dead with certain rituals
9
Why did some Paleolithic people in East Africa migrate to other areas between 100,000 and 75,000 years ago?
B The climate became very unstable.
Rival groups drove them out
The sea level was rising.
Farmland became increasingly scarce.
10
Why was the agricultural revolution significant in human history?
People began living as nomads to travel to better climates.
People began living in smaller family groups and depending less on others.
People became farmers and no longer had to depend on hunting and gathering
People learned to work together to kill large animals.

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