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Which phrase defines the time called prehistory?
a) before computers
b) before the year 0
c) before written records
d) before the year 2000

Which describes a way that early hunter-gatherers got food?
a) They used chickens to lay eggs.
b) They used tools to kill animals.
c) They grew crops on farms.
d) They grew seeds and nuts.

What is an artifact?
a) an imprint of a plant from long ago
b) the remains of a person from long ago
c) a food prepared or eaten by humans
d) an object made or used by humans

What are geologists able to tell archaeologists about fossils?
a) the beliefs of early people
b) how early people lived
c) how old they are
d) what they were used for

What does an archaeologist study?
a) how people act when they are together
b) the things that people in the past left behind
c) what happens if certain chemicals are combined
d) why people need certain foods to survive

What is culture?
a) beliefs, customs, practices, and behavior of a particular nation or group of people
b) where someone lives
c) person who lives by hunting animals and gathering plants
d) time before humans invented writing

What is an artifact?
a) preserved remains of ancient human, animal, or plant
b) time before humans invented writing
c) object made by a human being
d) beliefs, customs, practices, and behavior of a particular nation or group of people

Which tools were used by Homo Habilis?
a) hammer stone
b) all of the choices
c) side scraper
d) chopper

What skills did hunter-gatherers use to survive?
a) fire
b) tools
c) other hunter-gatherers
d) all of the choices

What do fossils show us about the past?
a) What someone did for fun
b) Dates that people/cultures lived
c) What people thought
d) What someone did for work

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