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Test Unit One
255 points
Multiple Choice: Choose the answer which best describes the following questions. Be sure to write the
correct letter in the space provided for each question. 40 pts
_____ 1. Group of people that lived 35,000 to 100,000 years ago. Their brains were as large as those of
modern humans, but they were shorter in height and their skulls were shaped different.
A. Neanderthals
B. Cro-Magnon
C. Catal Huyuk
D. Nomads
E. None of the above
_____ 2. People who have no permanent homes, but wander from place to place.
A. Grambokneeuns
B. Artisan
C. Nomads
D. Neanderthals
E. None of the above
_____ 3. First human beings to have all the physical characteristics of modern people. They developed
many art forms including paintings in caves.
A. Neanderthals
B. Cro-Magnon
C. Catal Huyuk
D. Nomads
E. None of the above
_____ 4. One who studies places where prehistoric people lived, looking for remains of homes, graves,
and towns and examining the artifacts found there.
A. Archaeologist
B. Archaeology
C. Anthropologist
D. Geologist
E. None of the above
_____ 5. One who studies artifacts, bones, and other clues trying to determine what people looked like,
what they ate, how long they lived, and other characteristics.
A. Archaeologist
B. Archaeology
C. Anthropologist
D. Geologist
E. None of the above
_____ 6. People with skills in specialized crafts.
A. Artifact
B. Barter
C. Nomad
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D. Artisan
E. None of the above
_____ 7. Discoveries made in the Paleolithic Age were
A. Pottery, bronze, crops, grinding wheel
B. Spearpoints, stone tools, fire
C. Copper, governments, laws, taxes, record keeping
D. Calculator, submarine, atom bomb
E. None of the above
_____ 8. Discoveries made in the Neolithic Age
A. Tamed wild animals, bronze, crops, plow
B. Spearpoints, stone tools, fire
C. Copper, governments, laws, taxes, record keeping
D. Motorcycle, computer chip, airplane
E. None of the above
_____ 9. Discoveries made in the Bronze Age
A. Pottery, copper, crops, grinding wheel, plow
B. Spearpoints, daggers, axes, scrapers
C. Bronze, governments, laws, taxes, record keeping
D. Motorcycle, computer chip, airplane
E. None of the above
_____ 10. Which of these civilizations did not exist during the Bronze Age?
A. Mesopotamian
B. Egyptian
C. Inca
D. Chinese
E. None of the above
Essay
215 pts
1. Name five reasons why the first civilizations lived by rivers. 25 pts
2. Compare and contrast the Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Indian, and Chinese civilizations. 100 pts
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3. Explain how things of the past have influenced the present. You must give ten examples. The examples
that you give must come from the information that was given in unit one. 90 pts