Stone Ages Recap

What effect did the inventions of the plow, pottery, and weaving have on early societies?

• they moved about to find food

• they fought with their neighbors

• they build permanent settlements

• they developed early democracies

Which of the following is NOT a new development for early humans living during the Neolithic Era?

• cave art

• agriculture

• domesticated animals

• clay pottery

Where did humans first appear, in accordance with current scientific theory?

• III

• I

• II

• IV

Archaeologists use scientific testing, with carbon, to determine the

• size of an artifact

• age of an artifact

• placement of an object

• function of an object

What is the best description of a domesticated animal?

• An animal, such as a goat or pig that is controlled. bred. and used for human benefit

• A relatively small animal such as a rabbit or a beaver that is especially valued for its hide

• An animal such as a deer or an elephant that is entirely used by human societies

• A wild animal such as a lion or a zebra that is hunted in elaborate ceremonies by humans

Early hunter-gatherer human societies were made up of

• large numbers of people

• small nomadic clans of humans

• moderate numbers of people living in permanent villages

• tiny cities with agricultural land

A hunter-gatherer society would most likely develop in an area

• close to a mountain

• with many raw materials

• near an ocean

• where animals are plentiful

Artifacts are

• damaged works of art

• editorial cartoons

• objects made by human hands

• military equipment

What might an archaeologist conclude about the artifacts found in the same layer of an excavation?

• The remains are from a different time periods

• The remains are from the same time period

• Different people made the artifacts

• The artifacts were made by people with no technology

Identify the major change that resulted from the growth of an agricultural society during the Neolithic Period.

• People changed from growing crops to hunting-gathering.

• People moved around in search of food.

• People developed a spoken language.

• People changed from hunting-gathering to growing crops.