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