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

The climate became very unstable.

15. Why do archaeologists think that most people in Banpo society had the same status?

Most graves had similar grave goods

14. What was a sign that the people in Çatalhöyük practiced religion?

horned bulls’ heads mounted on walls

10. Why are primary sources important to understanding human history?

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

25. Besides helping people obtain goods from far away, why was trading important?

It helped spread ideas across a broad area

17. How do archaeologists know that people in Faiyum were in touch with other cultures?

The agricultural practices there were not native to the area.

18. What are two major building blocks of civilization?

practicing agriculture and having an organized religion

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

the Aborigines’ strong connection to the land and nature

11. How can cultural hearths be described?

They were places where new ideas and practices began to take hold

8. 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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22. What geographical features were mainly responsible for creating the Fertile Crescent?
Wei and Huang He rivers
Tigris and Euphrates rivers
Nile River and Mediterranean Sea
Tehuacán River and Pacific Ocean
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3. 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.
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15. Why do archaeologists think that most people in Banpo society had the same status?
All the pottery were decorated with geometric artwork.
Everyone was a farmer.
Most graves had similar grave goods
All the homes were about the same size.
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7. Which of the following is an important way that hunter-gatherers got food?
growing vegetables
gathering fruits and nuts
raising animals such as goats
making flour from wheat
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13. Which of the following was most important in helping Çatalhöyük increase in size?
large mud brick homes
access to the ocean
complex government
stable food supply
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14. What was a sign that the people in Çatalhöyük practiced religion?
buildings made of mud bricks
horned bulls’ heads mounted on walls
a protective wall around the settlement
bone utensils and tools
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2. Which term describes music, language, clothing, and other aspects of human life?
technology
government
artifacts
culture
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10. Why are primary sources important to understanding human history?
They provide historians’ interpretations of past events.
They are based on secondary sources.
They give descriptions of events by a person who lived through them.
They are always passed down orally from one generation to the next.
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1. Which of the following is an artifact?
fossilized skull of a homonin
footprint of a chimpanzee
spear point made of stone
petrified tree branch
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25. Besides helping people obtain goods from far away, why was trading important?
It led to a decrease in population.
It forced people to move from the cities to rural areas.
It led to people making stone, rather than metal, tools.
It helped spread ideas across a broad area
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17. How do archaeologists know that people in Faiyum were in touch with other cultures?
styles of Faiyum closely followed the plans seen in other cultural hearths.
Tools made at Faiyum have been found in many other places.
The agricultural practices there were not native to the area.
Faiyum’s climate did not support enough agriculture.
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18. What are two major building blocks of civilization?
practicing agriculture and having an organized religion
domesticating animals and having an organized religion
practicing agriculture and having a matriarchal society
domesticating animals and having a matriarchal society
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6. What do the rock paintings of Australia’s Kakadu National Park show?
grasslands that are now deserts
the importance of government in Aborigines’ lives
how the Aborigines migrated to other lands
the Aborigines’ strong connection to the land and nature
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11. How can cultural hearths be described?
Most of their food came from killing wild animals.
They had complex governments and religious practices.
They were places where new ideas and practices began to take hold
They used trade route to share their goods and ideas with other communities
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8. Why was the agricultural revolution significant in human history?
People learned to work together to kill large animals.
People became farmers and no longer had to depend on hunting and gathering.
people began living as nomads and were able to travel to better climates.
People began living in smaller family groups and depending less on others.
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12. What happened soon after settled groups started to thrive?
People began making tools from stone.
Governments were organized.
People started growing crops.
People began taming animals.
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21. What cultural hearth was closest to North America?
Banpo
Faiyum
Çatalhöyük
Oaxaca
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4. Paleolithic people’s tools were made of what material?
bronze
glass
stone
iron
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20. Which of the traits of a complex civilization led to using metals to make tools?
record keeping
improved technologies
complex institutions
creation of cities
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9. What is an example of a technology that Paleolithic people developed?
burying their dead with certain rituals
using fire to cook food
hunting for wild berries and nuts
living in small family groups with many relatives
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5. What is one theory about why megafauna became extinct about 11,000 years ago?
Food and water became scarce due to a drought.
The climate suddenly became colder.
Humans stopped hunting these animals.
The Ice Age started to end.
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16. What climate change led to the growth of cultural hearths in China’s river valleys?
hot, dry weather
warmer and wetter weather
a slight cooling of temperatures because an ice age was starting
wide swings in the weather with periodic droughts

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