NatGeo Chapter 1 Test

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20 questions
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What is an artifact?

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

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

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

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

1

Select the megafauna.

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

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

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What happened during the agricultural revolution?

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

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Where did Homo sapiens first appear?

1

What did Beringia provide?

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"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

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

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What made Cro-Magnon 1 especially interesting?

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What have scientists learned from Omo I?

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Why can fossils be hard to spot?

2

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

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What two things can a genetic marker tell scientists?

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