Read each statement and indicate whether you think it is true or false.
Archaeologists are only concerned with written records in order to understand the past.
Once archaeologists determine what the past was like, their ideas never change.
Prehistoric people provided insight into their lives through cave paintings.
Rivers, like the Nile and the Tigris and Euphrates, helped early civilizations grow and thrive.
Tools and technology played an important role in the development of civilizations.
Farming had little to do with the development of civilizations.
Ancient civilizations were all distinct, with very little in common with each other.
Life in ancient civilizations has nothing in common with our modern way of life.
Writing was an important feature of ancient civilizations.
Natural resources were important in the past and are still important today.