Chapter 1 Section 1 Quiz(6th)

How is fossil different from an artifcat?

• a fossil is the remains of a long-ago organism, while an artifact is a human made object
• a fossil is a type of tool, while an artifact is a human-made object.
• a fossil is a written record, while an artifact is the remains of a long-ago organism
• a fossil is a type of tool, while an artifact is a written record.

Which of the following is a characteristic of the culture of some early Homo Sapiens?

• They were able to run long distances
• They built complex cities
• They buried their dead
• They lived during the Paleolithic Age

Why did East Africians start migrating to the Sahara around 100,000 years ago?

• They need more farmland
• An ice age had begun in East Africa
• The Sahara had turned into an oasis
• They wanted to move closer to the ocean.

Where did Paleolithic people go after they left Africa?

• southern Europe
• Southwest Asia
• North America
• Australia

How did the Ice Age make migration to the Americas possible?

• It increased the amount of food in North America
• It allowed people to travel in boats from Asia to North America
• It encouraged people to leave the desert conditions in Asia
• It created a land bridge between Siberia and North America.

The paintings in the Lascaux Cave contain mostly images of what?

• grasslands that were growing in areas that are now desert
• handprints, which are most likely those of teenage boys
• events in the daily lives of aborigines
• animals, some of which are now extinct.

Which of the following describes hunter gathereres?

• they lived in fixed locations with large family groups

• They moved with the groups of animals they relied on for food.

• They grew crops in various locations, depending on the season

• They were the first domesticate plants and animals.

How did the changing climate encourage domestication?

• The climate became warmer, making longer growing seasons.

• The climate became drier, leading to more deserts.

• The climate became colder, causing people to move south.

• Ice sheets grew larger, leading to more land bridges.

Why did some early humans settle near estuaries?

• They provided protection from rival gorups and shelter for homes.

• They mostly occured in areas with mild climates and few wild animals.

• There was a little danger of excess water or flooding in these areas.

• They provided both salt water and fresh water along with fertile land.

What marked the start of the Neolithic Age?

• people living in large groups rather than in small extended families.

• the agricultural revolution

• the use of teamwork in hunting wild animals

• more people living as nomads