Unit 1 Early Humans Test

Which term describes music, language, clothing and other aspects of human life?

• culture

• artifacts

• technology

Which of the following is an artifact?

• Fossilized skull of a homonin

• spear point made of stone

• Petrified tree branch

Paleolithic people's tools were made of what material?

• glass

• bronze

• stone

Why was the agricultural revolution significant in human history?

• People became farmers and no longer had to depend on hunting and gathering.

• More people began living as nomads and were able to travel to better climates.

• People began living in smaller family groups and depending less on others.

What is an example of a technology that Paleolithic people developed?

• burying their dead with certain rituals

• living in small family groups with may relatives

• using fire to cook

Why are primary sources important to understanding human history?

• They are based on secondary sources.

• They give descriptions of events by a person who lived through them.

• They are ALWAYS passed down orally from one generation to the next.

Because of this, man in the Neolithic time period could transfer water to their land from far

• surplus
• domestication
• irrigation
• stone tools

Specialization of Labor involves everyone farming and not pursuing other jobs

• True
• False

What does the term prehistory mean?

• time period before writing was invented
• an object made by a human
• human knowledge used to create better tools and equipment
• food

Which term BEST describes the lifestyle of hunter-gatherers?

• isolated
• nomadic
• reliable
• effortless