Trimester 2 Final

The Universe is over how many billion years old?

• 13

• 1

• 200

• 6

Anthropologists work with archaeologists to gain knowledge about early _________ and their evolution.

• dinosaurs

• civilizations

• humans

• animals

What might have developed in Africa anywhere between 50,000-1000,00 years ago and became more complex as humans migrated and helped them problem solve

• land forms

• language

• religion

• art

Civilizations in Africa, Europe, and Asia developed around what at the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in Mesopotamia?

• mountain valleys

• river valleys

• escarpments

• plateaus

The global pattern suggests that a turning point in history gradually occurred about how many years ago?

• 10,000

• 20,000

• 30,000

• 40,000

Environmental factors such as available game for hunting, and __________ were necessary for foragers to experience quality of life.

• the amount of rain fall

• their will to survive

• their physical fitness

• climate

Humans tending to settle near fertile river valleys and near populations of plants and animals used for domestication is an example of how what plays a key role in shaping the locations of early civilizations.

• geology

• psychology

• archaeology

• geography

The last Ice Age is known as “The Great Thaw” , and occurred about _____years ago, generating warmer, wetter, and more productive climates.

• 100,000

• 50,000

• 25,000

• 10,000

_____allowed allowed people to develop food surpluses, and changes in technology allowed people to store food. These developments led to population growth, as well as denser populations in some areas.

• gathering

• farming

• metal making

• technologies

During Era 2 (4,000 B.C. to 1,000 B.C.), most of the world’s population lived in_____.

• Africa

• Europe and Asia (Eurasia)

• North and South American

• Africa, Europe, and Asia (Afroeurasia)