NatGeo Chapter 1 Test

By LaDonna Aldrich-Means
Last updated almost 3 years ago
20 Questions
1.

What is an artifact?

2.

According to the map, about when did early humans first arrive in South America?

3.

Why did Paleolithic people begin migrating to new areas about 100,000 years ago?

4.

What term is used to identify the way of life of a group that sets it apart from other groups?

5.

Which of the following would be a tool from the Paleolithic people?

6.

Select the megafauna.

7.

What was a major way the hunter-gatherers obtained food?

8.

What do the rock paintings of Tassil-n-Ajjer in North Africa show?

9.

What happened during the agricultural revolution?

10.

What animals did humans learn to breed for hunting and protection?

11.

Where did Homo sapiens first appear?

12.

What did Beringia provide?

13.

"The plants they ate became scarce, and the animals they hunted disappeared. At the same time, previously uninhabitable areas became livable and attractive."
What is a synonym for uninhabitable

14.

Looking at the chart above, which fossil is the oldest?

15.

What made Cro-Magnon 1 especially interesting?

16.

What have scientists learned from Omo I?

17.

Why can fossils be hard to spot?

18.

What happens when people with genetic markers leave a particular region?

19.

What two things can a genetic marker tell scientists?

20.

What have you learned about the development of human societies that I did not ask in the test?