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A belief that the nautral world is full of spirits.
culture
Animism
adapt
migrate
2
To become an inhabitant (occupant) of a place
adapt
populate
Migration
Environment
3
What are the most important resources?
Clay Pots
Cities
Water, seeds and fertile land
4
What method are not used by archaeologist use to determine the age of prehistoric objects?
Examining strata
Guessing
Chemical DNA
Radioactive dating
5
Geologist are scientist who study the physical materials of the Earth, such as soil and rocks
True
False
6
Groups of people that occupy different ranks or levels in society are put in a
Civilization
Social Class
Economy
Specialization
7
How did early humans migrate to North and South America?
crossed the ocean by boat
Crossed through South America to North America.
crossed the land bridge from Asia
8
The population decreased as the supply of food increased.
False
True
9
What was the MOST important features that make a civilization?
Writing
art and architecture
Public works
A well organized government
10
More than enough needed or having extra of something is called
resource
surplus
civilization
economy
11
An economy is a system that a community uses to produce and distribute goods and services.
False
True
12
Artifacts are human bones.
False
True
13
What are the two signs that people who live during the Ice Age developed more complex cultures?
Developed religion and created art.
Created shelter
Hunted and gathered
Followed their food source
14
How does Religion and Government play a big role in early civilization?
Rulers claimed that their right to rule came from the gods.
God rules the city
The government did not listen to the wishes of the gods.
The rulers had god-like powers
15
When there was a surplus in food not everyone needed to farm therefore what was created?
Specialization of a single job or craft.
Everyone made pottery
The people sat around a fire pit and told stories.
Everyone became scribs
16
How did Hunter-Gathers survive?
Hunting small animals and gathered plants
domesticated animals
farming
raising chickens
17
How does geography shape peoples lives?
Geography did not shape peoples lives
Climate changes forced humans to adapt their ways of living.
Only domestication of animals helped shape peoples lives.
Where people live help influence the technologies and skills they learned
18
What is called when people completely change in ways of thinking, working or living?
Populate
Adapt
Migrate
Revolution
19
What does it mean to Domesticate?
To grow plants
To change behavior of plants and animals in ways that are useful for humans
To live in a civilization
To hunt and gather food
20
A civilization includes these things.
A complex society
cities
Well organized government
workers with specialized job skills
21
What is Anthropology ?
The study of fossils
The study of how human beings behave, act and where they came from
They study of artifacts
The study of geology
22
Does geography really shape peoples lives?
False
True
23
Clothing became lighter and easier to work with when people started domesticating plants.
True
False
24
Fossils are harden remains or imprints of living things that exist during the present time.
False
True
25
Beliefs, customs, practices, and behavior, of a particular nation or group of people is called______
nomads
animism
culture
revolution
26
Where did scientists discover the first humans?
South America
North America
Africa
Australia
27
Nomads are a group of people who raise animals and grow their own food.
False
True
28
Art and architecture was the most important features that makes up a civilization.
False
True
29
A persons surrounding are considered their environment.
False
True
30
To change your way of life means to_____
farm
populate
adapt
domesticate
31
Homo Sapiens had larger brains, and more developed social structure than Neanderthals.
False
True
32
Do you think there could have been a civilization without the development of agriculture?
False
True
33
Prehistory is a time before written records.
True
False
34
Early humans who lived by hunting small animals and gathering small plants are called ______
Hunter-Gather
Geologist
Domesticated
Farmers
35
A Resource is a supply of something that can be used as needed.
False
True
36
The act of concentrating on a limited number of goods and activities is called.
Economy
Specialization
Resource
Civilization
37
How did the development of agriculture shape the civilization?
The nobles became good farmers
More hunting and gathering
There was a surplus of food and specialized jobs
There was not enough food for everyone.
38
Religion is a set of shared spiritual beliefs.
False
True
39
When people leave their homeland to live somewhere else
populate
migration
nomad
Environment
40
One of the challenges of migrating 125,000 years ago would ?
Learning to adapt to different climates
Finding out what plants were safe to eat.
All of the above
Finding new materials to build shelter from.
41
What is an Archaeologist?
The person that studies human life from the past
The person that studies of human behavior
The study of climate
42
What happened when people started settling in one place?
They owned a few possessions
They had a small surplus of food
They began to build permanent shelter.
They did not adapt well to the change.
43
Domesticating plants and animals did not change the way humans lived?
True
False
44
What method is not used by archaeologist to determine the age of prehistoric objects?
Guessing
Examining the rock strata
Chemical DNA
Radioactive dating
45
What social class was the most common?
Slaves
Nobles
Rulers and Kings
Merchants, farmers and skilled workers
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What did animals do to improve the life of humans?
All the above
Provided companionship
Provided food and clothing
Were trained to herd animals
