Write all of your answers on a separate sheet of lined paper.
Chapter 1 Test
Digging Up The Past
I.
Fill in the blank: 1 point each.
sequence
domesticate
culture
glacier
geography
nomad
artifact
anthropologist
migrate
1. Refers to the order in which events occur.
2. A scientist who focuses on past, present, and future human cultures.
3. The technology, customs, beliefs, and art of a group of people.
4. Means to tame wild animals or plants.
5. Is the study of the Earth’s surface
6. An object made by people long ago, an example is an arrow head.
7. A huge sheet of ice covering a great stretch of land.
8. A person who travels from place to place.
II Multiple Choice: Read each statement carefully. 1 point each.
9. _________ is the study of the recorded past
A.
B.
C.
D.
Prehistory
History
Geography
Geometry
10. One who carefully uncovers evidence from the past is an _______________.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Geographer
Scientist
Archaeologist
Mathematician
11. The ___________________ ended about 10,000 years ago.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Ice Age
Dynasty
Epic of Gilgamesh
Code of Hammurabi
III True or False: Write T for True and F false. 1 point each
12. The two parts of the Stone Age are the Old Stone Age and the Prehistoric Stone Age.
13. Humans realized that animals could be useful and began to domesticate them.
14. Social division occurred when people learned to farm and had a surplus of crops.
15. The Five Themes of Geography are location, place, religion, movement, and humanenvironment interaction.
IV. Short Answer: Answer the following questions in complete sentences. 4 points each
16. What steps do archaeologists take to analyze an artifact?
17. How did early humans change from hunter-gathers and develop complex human
cultures?
V. Sequence: Put the following events in the correct sequential order. 3 points
18. A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
Domesticated crops
Social divisions within a community
Production of surplus food
Domesticated animals
Technology improves (New Stone Age)
The Ice Age ends
VI. Bonus: 2 points each
19. What does B.C.E. stand for?
20. What does C.E. stand for?