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Ancient Civilizations and Cultures

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History

8th Grade

Ancient Civilizations and Cultures
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How do scientists commonly refer to events that occurred in the distant past or on a geological time-scale?

In the year of the Lord

Before Christ

Before the Common Era

Circa

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the abbreviation for 'circa' when the exact date is not known?

AD

BC

C

CE

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

According to the text, how did the first human beings arrive in the Americas?

By boat from Europe

By crossing a land bridge from Asia

By boat from Asia

Riding mammoths from Africa

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When did the most recent Ice Age begin, according to scientists?

12,000 years ago

50,000 years ago

100,000 years ago

9,000 years ago

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the theory about how the first Americans reached the Americas during the last Ice Age?

Crossing a land bridge called Atlantis

Boating from Europe

Crossing over Beringia from Asia

Riding mammoths across the Atlantic

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did the early Americans primarily depend on for food?

Agriculture

Fishing

Hunting

Gathering wild grains

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What discovery in present-day Mexico shaped the lives of Native Americans for thousands of years?

Domesticating animals

Inventing pottery

Planting and raising maize (corn)

Developing complex forms of government

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