World History                                                                                       Name:_________________

Unit 1, Chapter 1

Assessment                                                                                          Date: ____________

 

• Why is the Prehistoric period called the Stone Age?

 

 

• Why did the ability to walk upright and the development of the opposable thumb represent significant breakthroughs for early hominids?

 

 

• Why do some archaeologists believe that women were the first farmers?

 

 

• Why did the growth of civilization make government necessary?

 

 

• Why did a system of record-keeping develop in civilizations?

 

 

• What effect did trade have on the development of civilization?

 

Multiple choice 

                        

                          1. According to Richard Leakey, What is the job of the archaeologist

• To study coins to learn about an economy.

• To clean out caves where early ancestors lived.

• To create images of coins, pottery, and textiles.

• To examine artifacts found at a location.

 

 

                  2.  What term applies to the behaviors, economic activities, and beliefs referred

                         by Richard Leakey?

 

• Culture

• Civilization

• Case study

• Artifacts

 

                 3.  What information might an archaeologist learn from the painting on pg 25?

 

• The height of the humans living in the region

• The names of the gods worshipped here

• Types of animals found in the region

• The time of year this cave was visited

 

Bonus

 

Write about how the lives of the early people changed.

 

 

• How different it was to live in a civilization.

• The advancement of technology.

• The social classes.