Why did the Ancient Egyptian civilization begin on the banks of the Nile river?

Regular flooding resulted in rich soil for farming

The first step in the domestication of plants, most likely was...

choosing seeds from the biggest and best-tasting plants

study of the Earth's surface & the processes that shape it

What does it mean to domesticate a plant or animal?

adapt a wild animal for human use

a worker who is especially skilled in crafting items by hand

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Unit 1 - The Beginnings of Human Society Review

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A #socialstudies #blindquiz to review The Ancient World Unit 1

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1
The people in the Old Stone Age got their food by hunting animals and...
farming the land
selling them as meat
gathering wild plants
domesticating them
2
Nomads are people who...
Breed and domesticate camels and sheep
have no settled home
farm the land
wear brightly colored robes
3
____ are an example of evidence that a group of people ate birds and small animals
bones and small arowheads
stone hammer and chisels
clothing made of grass and feathers
large spear points
4
The suffix pre means
toward
after
not
before
5
Bonus: The Old Stone Age is also called?
The Paleolithic Period
The Flinstonic Period
The Bronze Age
The Neolithic Period
6
Bonus: The New Stone Age is also called?
The Paleolithic Period
The Neolithic Period
The Bronze Age
The Flinstonic Period
7
Almost all of human prehistory took place in the...
Gilded Age
New Stone Age
Copper Age
Old Stone Age
8
Approximately when did people in Southwest Asia and Africa develop systems of writing?
5,000 years ago
25,000 years ago
from the dawn of time
10,000 years ago
9
Stories passed down through generations by word of mouth are called...
legends
myths
oral traditions
history
10
What kind of scientists study life in the past by relying on clues other than written records
archaeologists
linguists
geographers
historians
11
History is the
the period of time before the written records
transmission of information by word of mouth
written and other recorded events of people
the study of humans through excavation & analysis of sites
12
Written records studied by historians often begin as...
art works
exagerrations
oral traditions
religious objects
13
What did people do for the first time in the New Stone Age?
trade with other countries
farm the land
search for new lands
gather plants and seeds
14
In the ancient world, a __ would have most likely spread new ideas & tools across civilizations
warrior
farmer
artisan
trader
15
Which was an important advance that took place 500,000 to 1,400,000 years ago?
learning to hunt in large groups
domestication of animals
learning what seeds would grow
learning how to use fire
16
Irrigation is
farming near the extra water provided by a river
supplying water through a network of canals
purposefully bothering or annoying someone
planting to take advantage of seasonal rains or floods
17
Bonus: Mrs. Hatch was born in
The Neolithic Period
The Atomic Period
The Post-Modern Period
The Middle Ages
18
During the New Stone Age, farming settlements needed ______ in order to develop into cities.
metal tools
a nearby deposit of minerals
a strong group of warriors to defend their settlement
a dependable source of water
19
How did farming change the way early people lived?
They got fat.
They didn't change, they remained nomads.
The settled in one place.
They stopped eating meat.
20
Why did the Ancient Egyptian civilization begin on the banks of the Nile river?
Regular flooding resulted in rich soil for farming
Egyptians' oral traditions identified it as their homeland
There was an abundance of valuable and tasty crocodile meat
The Euphrates river was too far for Egyptians to travel too.
21
The first step in the domestication of plants, most likely was...
choosing seeds from the biggest and best-tasting plants
taming wild plants and eating their seeds
cooking the plants instead of eating them raw
planting seeds
22
_______ is one characteristic of a civilization of the ancient world.
a system of hunting
social classes
small, rural towns
cars you "drive" with your feet
23
Rapid population growth was a result of ____ during the New Stone Age
surplus food
better medical practices
trading with other countries
better tools
24
Geography is the
study of the Earth's surface & the processes that shape it
study of rocks & how they are formed
written and recorded events of people
examination of objects & artifacts to learn about the past
25
What does it mean to domesticate a plant or animal?
adapt a wild animal for human use
Use a wild plant or animal for food
capture a wild animal for its fur or wool
learn to live with wild animals without harming each other
26
Surplus food during the New Stone Age allowed more people to become...
tribe leaders
artisans
warriors
farmers
27
Which period (age) did hominids, incl. modern humans, make lasting tools mostly from stone?
Flint Stone Age
Hominid Age
Stone Age
Bronze Age
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An artisan is
a worker who is especially skilled in crafting items by hand
an object made by a human being
a person skilled in the art of trading goods and objects
a tribal leader

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