Characteristics of Civilization

Government, writing, and religion are characteristics of a civilization. 

• True
• False

Almost all humans in the Paleolithic Age _____________.

• were hunters and gatherers 
• were nomadic
• used simple stone tools
• all of the above

A way people express what they think is beautiful and meaningful

• Religion
• Arts
• History
• Language

Which is an example of an artifact?

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• Lucy
• an arrowhead
• a bone buried deep in the ground

Which continent do historians generally state as the location of the first humans?

• Asia
• North America
• Africa
• Europe

What is a Hunter-Gatherer?

• People who live in sedentary villages.
• People who hunted animals and gathered plants for food.
• People who collect hunting tools.
• People who engage in systematic agriculture.

Which of the following terms refers to the OLD STONE AGE?

• Polytheism
• Monotheistic
• Neolithic
• Paleolithic

The period of "history" before the invention of writing was known as?

• History
• Verbal History
• Prehistory
• Ice Age

The remains of an early hominid that lived more than 3 million years ago was discovered by an American paleoanthropologist who nicknamed her _________.

• Susan
• Donald
• Hillary
• Lucy

The taming of animals for personal use.

• domestication
• domination
• animalization 
• petting zoo