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Test Description: Prehistory times
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1) What type of society (hint: these are the earliest people) needed access to a variety of raw materials to survive?
A
Explorers
B
agricultural
C
Semi-nomadic
D
Hunter-gatherer
2) Why did hunter-gatherers migrate?
A
to find food
B
to explore rivers
C
to get better shelter
D
to make better tools
3) Many early human societies maintained domesticated animals for various purposes. What is the best description of a domesticated animal?
A
A relatively small animal, such as a rabbit or a beaver, that is especially valued for its hide.
B
An animal, such as a a deer or an elephant, that is hunted for food.
C
An animal, such as a goat or a pig, that is controlled, tamed and used for human benefit.
D
A wild animal, such as a lion or a zebra, that is hunted in elaborate ceremonies by humans.
4) What did early civilizations learn that could improve the quality and the quantity of food produced?
A
which fish made better fertalizer
B
how to properly scatter seeds
C
Irrigation or how to bring water to their crops during dry seasons
D
how to store seeds in the off season
5) Early humans chose to settle near rivers in the Neolithic Era because
A
It provided irrigation for agriculture
B
village elders demanded it
C
people could buy the land cheaply
D
being in a river valley kept them safe from invasion
6) What effect of the Agricultural Reviolution allowed early humans to make permanent settlements and begin developing civilizations?
A
Food surplus
B
government
C
religion
D
division of labor
7) if a person travels from place to place (migration) without a permanent home, what are they?
A
landform
B
archaeologist
C
domesticated
D
nomads
8) What is the time period before writing called?
A
history
B
geography
C
prehistory
D
climate
9) Once people learned how to raise plants and animals they no longer had to
A
hunt
B
fight one another
C
migrate
D
fish
10) Fire, the discovery that separates the Paleolithic and Mesolithic Eras, provided
A
fresh water supply
B
agriculture
C
domestication
D
tools for hunting
11) What important discovery separates the Mesolithic and Neolithic eras of the Stone Age?
A
Agriculture
B
Fire
C
Weapons
D
Tools
12) When you're a member of a group of people with common characteristics or interests, and you're living in the same place, what are you a part of?
A
Domestication
B
Geography
C
Community
D
Explorers
13) What were the roles of men and women in a hunter-gatherer community?
A
Men hunted, women gathered
B
Women hunted while men gathered
C
Men hunted and gathered
D
Women gathered and hunted
14) When people began living in civilizations, they stopped
A
living in permanent homes
B
domesticating horses and cows
C
following animals as they migrated
D
observing weather conditions to find patterns
15) Cave art is NOT
A
a written language
B
religious rituals
C
shelter decoration
D
hunting preparation
16) What is technology?
A
any invention that makes life more difficult.
B
any invention that makes you wealthy
C
any invention that does not improve life
D
any invention that makes life easier
17) People began to build permanent settlements
A
during the last ice age
B
to encourage the growth of arts
C
after the development of agriculture
D
when they built city-states
18) When scientists study prehistoric people, what do they look at?
A
diaries
B
stone tablets
C
maps
D
artifacts
19) Which of these is the best explanation of the immediate effects of the Agricultural Revolution?
A
writing was invented
B
periods of famine reduced the population.
C
humans began to form villages and towns
D
people quit hunting
20) _______________ was how early people controlled the flow of water to be sure that the crops they planted had enough to grow until they harvested.
A
Irrigation
B
Environment
C
Community
D
Climate
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