Unit 3 Formative 1 Review

1. How does the section about ancient tools contribute to the overall structure of the text?

• A. It explains how people used tools to build permanent homes.

• B. It shows how archaeologists use tools to study ancient civilizations.

• C. It provides evidence of human migration through Central American land bridge.

• D. It highlights the difference between ancient and modern tools.

2. Why does the author include the section about farming in the Central American land bridge?

• A. To illustrate how farming marked a shift from nomadic lifestyle to a settle one.

• B. To emphasize that farming was the only way ancient people obtained food.

• C. To explain how farming was more important than hunting in ancient times.

• D. To suggest that farming led to immediate, large scale civilizations.

3. How does the final paragraph contribute to the development of ideas in the text?

• A. It introduces new evidence that contradicts earlier sections.

• B. It emphasizes that research is ongoing and new discoveries may add to our understanding.

• C. It provides a summary of the main arguments presented in the text.

• D. It concludes by stating that all questions about early humans have been answered.

4. What is the author’s point of view regarding the role of archaeologists in understanding early human life on the Central American land bridge?

• A) Archaeologists have already discovered everything there is to know.

• B) Archaeologists play a crucial role in uncovering how early people lived and migrated.

• C) Archaeologists are unreliable because they rely too much on assumptions.

• D) Archaeologists should focus more on modern civilizations instead of ancient ones.

5. How does the author express their perspective on the challenges of studying ancient civilizations?

• A) By emphasizing the difficulty of finding evidence due to natural elements and rising sea levels.

• B) By arguing that ancient civilizations left behind too much evidence to analyze properly.

• C) By stating that studying ancient people is unnecessary since they lived so long ago.

• D) By showing that all artifacts are well-preserved and easily discovered.

6. What is the author’s attitude toward early people’s transition from hunting and gathering to farming?

• A) The author presents it as a slow and complex process influenced by environmental factors.

• B) The author believes early people were forced to farm because hunting was no longer possible.

• C) The author suggests that farming quickly replaced hunting and gathering everywhere.

• D) The author argues that farming was not as significant as scientists believe.

7. Which claim from the text is supported by evidence?

• A) Early people in Central America only traveled by boat.

• B) Archaeologists believe people traveled through the land bridge because similar tools were found in different regions.

• C) Farming was the only way early people survived in Central America.

• D) The Central American land bridge was not an important migration route.

8. How does the author support the claim that ancient people used the land bridge for migration?

• A) By providing evidence of similar stone tools found in both northern and southern regions.

• B) By stating that ancient people wrote records about their travels.

• C) By explaining that modern scientists have walked the same paths.

• D) By claiming that the land bridge was the only route available.

9. Which of the following claims is not supported by evidence in the text?

• A) Some ancient forests may have actually been early farms.

• B) The first small village discovered on the land bridge was in Costa Rica.

• C) All early people on the land bridge built permanent homes immediately.

• D) Some people settled while others continued hunting and gathering due to environmental factors.

10. How do the two texts differ in their presentation of early human migration?

• A. The first text focuses on Indigenous migration across the Central American land bridge, while the second focus on Spanish exploration in the Southeast.

• B) Both texts describe Indigenous people migrating due to European colonization.

• C) The second text argues that migration only happened by sea, while the first text states it happened by land.

• D) The first text does not mention migration, while the second focuses only on European migration.