Midterm Review - Social Studies Grade 6

Who were the earliest humans?

• Hunters and Gatherers

• Blacksmiths

• Cobblers

• Farmers

To tame wild animals and breed them for human use

• Agricultural Revolution

• Domesticate

• Surplus

• Specialization

Put the following dates in order:
1.  3,200 BC – Sumerians invented Cuneifor
2. c. 8,000 BC – Agriculture was invented.
3. 100 AD
4.  4,000 BC – Plow is invented. Humans use bronze and writing
5. 6,500 BC – 5,500 BC Wheel invented
6. 2,000 BC –  Codes of Law are written

• 1,2,3,4,5,6
• 2,5,4,1,6,3
• 3,4,1,2,5,6
• 6,3,1,4,5,2

study prehistoric and historic people and their cultures by studying artifacts

• Archaeologist
• Paleontologist
• Geographer
• Anthropologist

study how places change and how people interacted with their environment

• Archaeologist
• Paleontologist
• Geographer
• Anthropologist

Advantages people had after they discovered fire were:

• Hunt later at night
• Temper better tools
• Cook
• All the above

Which is NOT a Stone Age innovation?

• Needle
• Wheel 
• Chisel
• Tractor

Resources are items that are essential to life (food, water, shelter).

• False 
• True

What happens to the population when a hunter gatherer community is healthy (there are enough resources for everyone) ?

• Increase
• Decrease

One Way that farming changed the way people lived was____________________.

• They no longer were nomads
• Life expectancy was shorter
• They had to move around to new farms