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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is an artifact?petrified tree branchspear point made of stonefootprint of a chimpanzeefossilized skull of a hominin
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhy did some Paleolithic people in East Africa migrate to other areas between 100,000 and 75,000 years ago?farmland became increasingly scarcethe climate became very unstablerival groups drove them outthe sea level was rising
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is an important way that hunter-gatherers got food?making flour from wheatgrowing vegetablesgathering fruits and nutsraising animals such as goats
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat is an example of a technology that Paleolithic people developed?burying their dead with certain ritualshunting for wild berries and nutsliving in small family groups with many relativesusing fire to cook food
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat term is used to identify the way of life of a group that sets it apart from other groups?primary sourcetechnologymigrationculture
- 6. Multiple ChoiceOut of what material did Paleolithic people make their tools?stoneglassironbronze
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these are megafauna?apes such as chimpanzeeswoolly mammoth and saber-toothed catsHomo Sapiensearly hominins
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat do the rock paintings of Tassili-n-Ajjer in North Africa show?early humans planting cropsimages of human handsgrasslands in an area that is now desertpeople's religious beliefs
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhy did East Africans start migrating to the Sahara around 100,00 years ago?they needed more farmlandan ice age had begun in East Africathe Sahara had turned into an oasisthey wanted to move closer to the ocean
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhat animals did humans learn to breed for hunting and protection?goatscattlepigsdogs
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhy are primary sources important to understanding human history?they provide historians' interpretations of past eventsthey are based on secondary sourcesthey give descriptions of events by a person who lived through themthey are always passed orally from one generation to the next
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is a characteristic of the culture of some early Homo sapiens?they were able to run long distancesthey built complex citiesthey buried their deadthey lived during the Paleolithic Age
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Which of the following describes hunter-gatherers?
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 to domesticate plants and animals
- 14. Multiple ChoiceHow can radiologists help historians learn about the past?they can look at weapons to determine how people huntedthey can examine DNA to trace human ancestry and migration patternsthey can interpret detailed x-rays of things we cannot see with our eyesthey can examine soil layers to determine climate changes over time
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these is a primary source?a climate map of the ancient world created by a modern scientista cave painting created by a Paleolithic persona textbook on the lives of early humansa novel describing events in the life of an imaginary early human
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhat are two main characteristics of domestication?living a nomadic life and killing wild animalsfarming and raising animalsgathering wild fruits and raising animalsliving a nomadic life and raising animals
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