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Era 1 And Era 2: Our Big History - Early Humans
Test Description: Era 1 Era 2 introduced you to the study of history, Early Humans, and the Agricultural Revolution
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) People who wander from place to place are referred to as ______.
A
Hunters
B
Cro-Magnons
C
Nomads
D
Hominids
2) Records of cultures and societies could easily be kept without a system of writing.
A
True
B
False
3) By about 5000 B.C.E., agriculture had displaced hunting and gathering societies in several regions of the world, primarily because
A
cultivation required much less work than hunting and gathering
B
cultivation provided a relatively stable and regular supply of food
C
human beings had mastered agricultural knowledge and technique
D
agriculture led to a more varied diet
4) Farming was an important development in human history. What made this development so important?
A
Farming allowed humans to have control over all animals within their environment.
B
Farming allowed families to spread out and explore more territories alone in isolation.
C
Farming allowed humans to settle in one place, create stable communities, and specialize labor.
D
Farming created the opportunity for women to run their homes and raise their children while their husbands worked in the fiel
5) What is a forager? Choose the best answer.
A
Foragers are nomadic people who move to avoid state control.
B
Foragers are people who get their food by domesticating animals.
C
Foragers are people who settled along river valleys to cultivate grains.
D
Foragers are people who get their food by hunting or gathering wild fruit, roots, and grains.
6) How did most Neolithic societies live?
A
They were hierarchical and produced food largely by foraging.
B
They were fairly egalitarian and produced food through a mix of foraging and farming.
C
They were fairly egalitarian and produced food mostly through pastoralism.
D
They were hierarchical and produced food through mostly farming.
7) How have past historians usually defined pre-history?
A
Pre-history refers to the time before our earliest evidence of humans keeping written records.
B
Pre-history is the time before modern humans first appeared, between 200,000 and 300,000 years ago.
C
Pre-history was everything that happened until the dinosaurs went extinct about 65 million years ago.
D
Pre-history is the preparation historians do before drawing conclusions about historical events.
8) Why did foraging communities want to limit their population size?
A
They kept their communities small to avoid predatory animals.
B
They kept their communities smaller because they had to move around once the resources in the area were depleted.
C
They kept their communities small so they could maintain a single leader.
D
They kept their communities smaller to avoid contact with other communities.
9) Which of the following best describes the practice of foraging?
A
The collecting of food which took all day, giving early human communities little free time
B
The use of what nature provides for sustenance through hunting and gathering
C
A uniquely human behavior where one collects, gathers and hunts for food
D
The practice of using the seeds you find in the forest to plant crops of your own
10) What general cultural trend could be seen in early Paleolithic communities?
A
Each community had their own entirely distinct culture with little overlap.
B
The farther apart humans were, the more different their culture was.
C
All early Paleolithic communities had a similar culture since they were all foragers.
D
The closer human communities were, the more different their culture was.
11) What were some of the massive drawbacks of agriculture, that continue to impact us in many ways today?
A
Negative impacts on the environment and the formation of social hierarchies
B
The inability of agriculture to provide a food surplus to populations
C
The lack of a controllable food supply
D
The increase of genetic diversity among plants as a result of farming
12) Where did early humans tend to settle and why?
A
On hills, because they were easy to protect from attackers
B
On shores, because coastal areas were more temperate
C
Near water, because fish were easy and safe to hunt
D
Near prairies, because there were plenty of animals to hunt
13) Which of the following best describes how farming came to be?
A
Quickly and intentionally
B
Slowly and unintentionally
C
Slowly and intentionally
D
Quickly and unintentionally
14) Why did agriculture lead to an increase in infectious diseases?
A
Urban areas like cities contained rats that carried diseases
B
Trade networks that spread diseases quicker
C
Closer proximity to domesticated animals and other human
D
Repetitive work put stress on bones and muscles
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