Pre-History (English)

What marks the beginning of history according to the text?

• The invention of the wheel

• The start of agriculture

• The beginning of written records

• The construction of the pyramids

Around what year do the first written records in Egypt date back to?

• 3200 BCE

• 2000 BCE

• 1500 BCE

• 1000 BCE

What do archaeologists study to learn how people lived in prehistory?

• Written records

• Fossils and artifacts

• Modern tools

• Ancient texts

What do geneticists look at to see how humans spread and mixed over time?

• Languages

• Artifacts

• DNA

• Fossils

What is one challenge historians face when interpreting written records?

• They are often in a language we don't fully understand

• They are too detailed

• They are too recent

• They are always accurate

What is stratigraphic dating used for?

• Measuring radioactive carbon

• Looking at layers of rock where items are found

• Analyzing DNA

• Studying languages

What marks the beginning of history according to the text?

• The invention of the wheel

• The invention of writing

• The discovery of fire

• The beginning of agriculture

Approximately how long have modern humans existed according to historians?

• 50,000 to 100,000 years

• 100,000 to 200,000 years

• 200,000 to 300,000 years

• 300,000 to 400,000 years

How many generations of ancestors does 200,000 years roughly represent?

• 2,000 generations

• 4,000 generations

• 6,000 generations

• 8,000 generations

How old are the oldest written records found in Egypt?

• 2,000 years

• 3,000 years

• 4,000 years

• 5,000 years