CHAPTER 1 PRACTICE TEST: MASTERY TEST A
PART A
(Culture,
, Civilization) is the
record of past events.
2. First-hand, or eyewitness, accounts of an
event are (
, secondary, false)
sources.
3. (Archaeologists,
,
Historians) are scientists who study the
beginnings and the human behavior.
4. The time before humans left written
records is our (history, civilization,
).
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PART A
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7.
(
, Bronze, Fire) made it
possible for early humans to live in one
place.
We learn about the lives of prehistoric
people from drawings in (bronze,
, riverbeds).
When we study the history of the whole
human race, we are studying the
history of (civilization,
,
culture).
PART A
Scientists use radiocarbon dating to
determine the (size,
, location) of
an artifact.
9. Scholars believe that Stone-Age
humans may have used Stonehenge to
predict (rain,
, embers).
10. The first period of human prehistory is
the (
, New Age, Bronze
Age).
8.
PART B
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Nomads
Eclipse
Stone Age
Artifact
Culture
Civilization
Embers
Obsidian
Pottery
Diary
: people who move from place to place
: the hiding of the sun by the moon
: the earliest period of prehistory
: something made by a human being
: the customs, values, and language of a people
: a people who have cities and government
: the glowing remains of a fire
: a volcanic glass
: what early humans made in order to store food
: a daily record of what happens to a person
STONE AGE HUMOR
PART C
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We study history to learn from what happened in the past.
A personal letter is an example of a secondary source.
All historians explain, or interpret, events in the same way.
To keep track of time, humans use calendars based on events.
Sometimes, archaeologists must guess the age of an artifact.
The discovery of fire did not have much impact on early human
life.
Prehistoric humans could control their food supply for farming.
Humans discovered that tools made of stone were stronger
than tools made of bronze.
Prehistoric people were nomads who moved from place to
place searching artifacts.
The first civilizations came about because of the invention of
farming.
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PART D
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Who tries to answer five questions that begin with W
about an event?
What are tools and weapons people left behind
examples of?
What discovery helped early humans to warm
themselves?
What famous monument stands near Salisbury,
England?
Bronze is a hard metal made out of copper and what?
What kind of scientist studies the remains of early
people?
What is the record of conditions and events in the
past called?
What were the prehistoric people looking for when
they moved from place to place?
In which age did the discovery of fire take place?
History gives us a sense of being connected to what?