- 1. What made it possible for agricultural settlement?
A) advances in technology
B) fertile land from annual flooding
C) the ability to withstand cold temperatures
- 2. What are three characteristics of Nomadic herders?
A) seeking, traveling, settling
B) grazing, raising, herding
C) hunting, farming, gathering
- 3. What years did the Mesolithic Era take place?
A) 1,000-5,000 BC
B) 10,000-8,500 BC
C) 0-1000 BC
D) 12,000-15,000 BC
- 4. What continent is believe to be where humans first evolved, and where we have spent the majority of our time on Earth?
A) North America
B) Europe
C) Africa
D) Asia
- 5. What caused the human population drop below 10,000, nearly making us extinct?
A) Meteor
B) Ice Age
C) Hurricane
D) Pangea
- 6. What years did the Paleolithic Era take place?
A) 70,000-12,000 BC
B) 10,000-8,500 BC
C) 12,000-15,000 BC
D) 1,000-5,000 BC
- 7. What years did the Neolithic Era take place?
A) 0-1000 AD
B) 10,000-8,500 BC
C) 9,000-1,800 BC
D) 70,000-12,000 BC
- 8. In a hunter-gatherer society what roles did the males play?
A) hunt & build
B) cook
C) herd
D) gather fruits
- 9. In a hunter-gatherer society what roles did the women play?
A) hunt and build
B) guard the homes
C) gathered fruits, prepared meals, took care of children.
- 10. What caused a huge shift in society during the Neolithic Era?
A) cleaner lifestyles
B) migration
C) better hunting stategies
D) domestication of plants and animals
- 11. Approximately what year did irrigation begin?
A) 10,000 BC
B) 6,000 BC
C) 70,000 BC
D) 1,000 BC
- 12. Explain how the first hunter-gatherer societies and the first farming societies are similar and different.
- 13. What was the life expectancy of early hunter-gatherers?
A) 70 yrs
B) 30 yrs
C) 50 yrs
D) 10 yrs
- 14. Why did early humans migrate and settle throughout the world?
A) to follow animal migration & look for new land
B) to find water routes
C) to plant new crops
D) for fun
- 15. An ___________ studys prehistoric peoples and their cultures by analysis of their artifacts, inscriptions, monuments
A) paleantologist
B) geographer
C) archaeologist
D) historian
- 16. Explain a pastoral society
- 17. A ______________ is a member of a community of people who live in different locations, moving from one place to another, mainly following animal migration.
A) hunter-gatherer
B) settler
C) nomad
- 18. Why did the use of agriculture contribute to the huge population growth during after 10,000 B.C.E.?
A) the discovery of medicine
B) humans sustained a diet
C) disease from animals
- 19. The ______________ was the transition from hunter-gatherer to cultivation.
A) agricultural revolution
B) pastoral era
C) migration theory
- 20. Why did early humans create cave art?
- 21. Why did population rise due to the domestication of plants and animals?
A) people found new homes
B) people became better hunters
C) more calories, meant more people to be fed
- 22. The oldest stone tools of Paleolithic societies consisted of
A) hammers and knives
B) nails, wheels and firestarters
C) hammerstones, cores and handaxes
D) bows and arrows
- 23. Around 10,000 BCE, What two discoveries revolutionized human society?
A) farming and herding
B) hunting and fishing
C) war and conquest
D) clothing and housing
- 24. What new discoveries transformed permanent settlements into civilizations?
A) gold and silver
B) huning and fishing
C) bronze and writing
D) witchcraft and religion
- 25. What made it possible for early humans to ingest cattle milk?
A) they drank it regularly
B) they learned to process milk
C) a mutation of lactose tolerance
D) cattle were not bred in family
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