Chapter 1 Test Review for 6th Grade

Why did the herds of animals start to migrate after the last ice age?

During the ice ages, when herds of animals migrated in search of food, what did humans do?

As weapons for hunting improved, what were ancient humans able to do?

Large, furry animals related to modern elephants.

Paleolithic Era (Old Stone Age) was when people made tools out of what?

Hardened remains or imprints of living things that existed long ago.

Objects found in lower layers of rock or soil are WHAT compared to those found in upper layers.

Which of the following statements about the skeleton called "Ardi" is NOT true?

Which is NOT a way geologists can tell how old something is?

Ancient people believed in what?

People who lived by hunting small animals and gathering plants.

Ice Age people did what with their dead?

People had no way to write things down until about how long ago?

Fossilized remains include which of these?

How did ancient humans use mammoths?

Which if these is NOT a similarity between Neanderthals and homo sapiens?

Modern humans, or people like us, are called what?

Homo sapiens (modern humans) had ____ than Neanderthals.

Which was NOT a use for fire?

Which of the following facts about the skeleton called "Lucy" is NOT true?+

The first people to bury their dead were

the time before written records

What do you call people who moved from place to place with the seasons?

Which did NOT come about in ancient times as a result of the use of fire?

Where do most scientists believe that human life began?