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Unit 1 Prehistory to Civilization Review
Unit 1 Prehistory to Civilization Review
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1
What is the term for the New Stone Age?
Neolithic Age
Paleolithic Age
Modern Age
Domesticate
2
Who are people who move from place to place following game animals and ripening fruits?
neolithic humans
scribes
nomads
slaves
3
The first human like creatures, walked upright, traced back to 4.4 million years ago
ninjas
neanderthals
Cro-Magnon
hominids
4
Bronze became a favored material for tools and weapons because...
artisans found it difficult to shape liquid metals
flint supplies diminished during the Bronze Age
was much less expensive than copper or tin
it could be given a sharp cutting edge an was easy to mold.
5
Which of the following aided cultural diffusion among ancient peoples?
poor leaders
trade
farming
new technology
6
Which of the following is a neolithic advancement?
ritual burials
first use of fire
written language
creation of calendars
7
Process by which people become more proficient at earning a living by performing a single task?
the diffusion of culture
the specialization of labor
domestication
surplus agricultural production
8
What is the period of time before people invented writing systems?
Neolithic Age
Paleolithic Age
posthistory
prehistory
9
Which of the following statements does NOT describe life in the Old Stone Age?
They were dependent on their environment for survival.
Paleolithic people go from place to place following animals.
Paleolithic people made their own crops & stayed in place.
Paleolithic people lived in hunting & food-gathering groups
10
What is the taming of animals, in order to meet human wants or needs?
The Death Star
Domesticate
Nomads
Social Exchange Theory
11
What is the earliest period of
human
history called?
prehistory
post-history
Paleolithic Age
Neolithic Age
12
The agricultural lifestyle led to the development of all of the following EXCEPT
land boundaries.
cooperative hunting groups.
the calendar.
rules of inheritance.
13
What is the worship of many gods?
Animism
Polytheism
Monotheism
Buddhism
14
What are drawings that represent words called?
letters
scribes
pictograms
domesticate
15
Which of the following was another characteristic of the Paleolithic Age?
Farming Villages
Hunting and Gathering
Domestication of Animals
Organized Government
16
Which of the following caused ancient civilizations to change?
lack of traditions
poor leaders
nomadic herders
contact with other people through trade, warfare & migration
17
Which of the following was a characteristic of the Old Stone Age/Paleolithic Period?
toolmaking
written language
farming
organized government
18
Historians are like archaeologists in that they both study how people lived by examining
plants and animals.
artifacts.
regions.
longitude and latitude.
19
People who specialized in jobs and became skilled craftworkers were known as...
nobles
peasant farmers
artisans
priests
20
Which was a key feature of early civilizations?
steelmaking
cities
a system of exchanging goods for money
social equality
21
What part of the world did the first hominids come from?
North and South America
Europe
Africa
Asia and Australia
22
Where did the first cities emerge?
along trade routes
in the Americas
in river valleys
along the Mediterranean coast
23
Complex societies with advanced knowledge of farming, trade, government and art are
agricultural villages
cooperatives
civilizations
cultures
