Social Studies Topic 1 Test Review

1. An archaeologist:

• studies soil and rocks to help determine the age of fossils and artifacts
• studies the fossils and artifacts that people left behind
• studies people's cultures around the world

2. A geologist:

• studies soil and rocks to help determine the age of fossils and artifacts
• studies the fossils and artifacts that people left behind
• studies people's cultures around the world

3. How did hunter-gatherers survive?

• they traveled from place to place hunting small animals and gathering plants for food
• they created settlements and began farming
• they started of system of trading with other people to get what they needed

4. How did people adapt to changing climate conditions during the last Ice Age?

• they used brick to build stable shelters
• they used feathers to make warm blankets and coats
• they used materials like mammoth bones and hides to make warmer shelters and clothing

5. What was the Neolithic Agricultural Revolution?

• a time in history when people first learned to farm and to trade plants and animals
• a time in history when people first learned to farm and to domesticate plants and animals
• a time in history when people started growing potatoes and corn in North America

6. How did farming lead to food surpluses?

• sometimes farmers had more food than they could use because their skills improved and the amount of crops they produced increased
• because they lacked knowledge of farming, they had little success, and they barely had enough crops to survive

7. In early civilizations, how was government connected to religion?

• many rulers considered themselves to be gods
• many rulers believed that their power to rule came from the gods
• many rulers forced their subjects to obey the religion they believed in

8. What is a hieroglyphic?

• a tool made of stone to grind wheat
• a tool made of a metal used to harvest wheat
• a symbol that stands for a word, idea, or sound

9. How were Stone Age people SIMILAR to us?

• they created the system of government we use today
• they wanted to survive, wondered about life after death, and created art
• they had a social class system

10. How were Stone Age people DIFFERENT from us?

• they had a less complex culture and lived in smaller communities
• they were herbivores and didn't eat meat
• they walked on all fours