Origins of Civ Review

Which phrase defines the time called prehistory?

• before computers
• before the year 0
• before written records
• before the year 2000

Which describes a way that early hunter-gatherers got food?

• They used chickens to lay eggs.
• They used tools to kill animals.
• They grew crops on farms.
• They grew seeds and nuts.

What is an artifact?

• an imprint of a plant from long ago
• the remains of a person from long ago
• a food prepared or eaten by humans
• an object made or used by humans

What are geologists able to tell archaeologists about fossils?

• the beliefs of early people
• how early people lived
• how old they are
• what they were used for

What does an archaeologist study?

• how people act when they are together
• the things that people in the past left behind
• what happens if certain chemicals are combined
• why people need certain foods to survive

What happens during a migration?

• People stay in one place and home for many years.
• People move places and homes with the seasons.
• People move from their homeland to a new place.
• People welcome new people to their home.

How did the last ice age affect human migration?

• It created land bridges where ocean had once been.
• It required people to create new shelters.
• It required people to form larger communities.
• It required people to live closer together.

Why did modern humans have to adapt?

• They had to make new cave paintings.
• They had to adjust to new environments.
• They had to change their belief systems.
• They had to move to Africa.

How did the world change when modern humans populated it?

• There were humans on every island.
• There were humans only in Africa.
• There were humans in most regions of the world.
• There were humans just in warm places.

Which group is thought to be the first to bury its dead?

• hunter-gatherers
• Neanderthals
• Homo sapiens
• early Stone Age humans