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What type of society (hint: these are the earliest people) needed access to a variety of raw materials to survive?
a) Hunter-gatherer
b) Semi-nomadic
c) agricultural
d) Explorers

Why did hunter-gatherers migrate?
a) to find food
b) to explore rivers
c) to get better shelter
d) to make better tools

Many early human societies maintained domesticated animals for various purposes. What is the best description of a domesticated animal?
a) An animal, such as a goat or a pig, that is controlled, tamed and used for human benefit.
b) A relatively small animal, such as a rabbit or a beaver, that is especially valued for its hide.
c) An animal, such as a a deer or an elephant, that is hunted for food.
d) A wild animal, such as a lion or a zebra, that is hunted in elaborate ceremonies by humans.

What did early civilizations learn that could improve the quality and the quantity of food produced?
a) Irrigation or how to bring water to their crops during dry seasons
b) which fish made better fertalizer
c) how to properly scatter seeds
d) how to store seeds in the off season

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

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

if a person travels from place to place (migration) without a permanent home, what are they?
a) nomads
b) domesticated
c) archaeologist
d) landform

What is the time period before writing called?
a) prehistory
b) history
c) geography
d) climate

Once people learned how to raise plants and animals they no longer had to
a) migrate
b) hunt
c) fish
d) fight one another

Fire, the discovery that separates the Paleolithic and Mesolithic Eras, provided
a) tools for hunting
b) agriculture
c) fresh water supply
d) domestication

What important discovery separates the Mesolithic and Neolithic eras of the Stone Age?
a) Agriculture
b) Fire
c) Tools
d) Weapons

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) Community
b) Domestication
c) Explorers
d) Geography

What were the roles of men and women in a hunter-gatherer community?
a) Men hunted, women gathered
b) Men hunted and gathered
c) Women gathered and hunted
d) Women hunted while men gathered

When people began living in civilizations, they stopped
a) following animals as they migrated
b) living in permanent homes
c) domesticating horses and cows
d) observing weather conditions to find patterns

Cave art is NOT
a) a written language
b) religious rituals
c) shelter decoration
d) hunting preparation

What is technology?
a) any invention that makes life easier
b) any invention that does not improve life
c) any invention that makes you wealthy
d) any invention that makes life more difficult.

People began to build permanent settlements
a) after the development of agriculture
b) when they built city-states
c) during the last ice age
d) to encourage the growth of arts

When scientists study prehistoric people, what do they look at?
a) artifacts
b) maps
c) diaries
d) stone tablets

Which of these is the best explanation of the immediate effects of the Agricultural Revolution?
a) humans began to form villages and towns
b) people quit hunting
c) writing was invented
d) periods of famine reduced the population.

_______________ 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) Climate
c) Environment
d) Community

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