1. Human Origins and Early Civilizations
SOL Review Quiz
Version A

2. #1 On the map below, Homo sapiens spread to Asia
100,000 years ago.
25,000 years ago.
15,000 years ago.
12,000 years ago.

3. 100,000 years ago

4. #2 What time period would this cave painting most likely be found in?
Neolithic Age
Paleolithic Age
Iron Age
Bronze Age

5. Paleolithic Age

6. #3 These different types of housing are the result of —
social structure
religious beliefs
contact with other cultures
adaptations to the environment

7. adaptations to the environment

8. #4 The movement patterns of early humans were mostly determined by —
tribal wars
language development
animal migration
religious practices

9. animal migration

10. A
#5 Which of these tools from the Old Stone Age probably developed first? B C D

11. b

12. #6 Which statement best describes the impact of the Paleolithic hunting and gathering lifestyle on population growth?
Paleolithic humans successfully adapted their hunting and gathering techniques to an extremely wide range of environments.
Hunting and gathering limited the spread of early humans to areas of Africa that had moderate temperatures.
The spread of population in the Paleolithic Age cannot be studied due to the small number of surviving artifacts.
Hunting and gathering were quickly displaced by agriculture, which provided greater prosperity in all physical environments.

13. Paleolithic humans successfully adapted their hunting and gathering techniques to an extremely wide range of environments

14. #7 The geographic location of hunter-gatherers occurred because of
food sources.
religious practices.
tool making.
government regulations.

15. food sources.

16. #8 What important advance of Paleolithic man would fall at the question mark on the timeline above?
Developed hieroglyphics
Learned how to make and use fire
Developed weaving
Developed pottery

17. Learned how to make and use fire

18. #9 Early people stopped roaming with the —
development of agriculture
building of aqueducts
invention of the wheel
discovery of iron

19. development of agriculture

20. #10 The increased agricultural productivity of the Neolithic Period
ended the hunter-gatherer lifestyle.
reduced the making of cultural artifacts.
promoted the rise of large population centers.
diminished the threat of epidemic disease.

21. promoted the rise of large population centers.

22. #11 Scientists who study past cultures by analyzing human remains, fossils, and artifacts are called
geologists.
archaeologists.
psychologists.
entomologists.

23. archaeologists.

24. Mesopotamia. the Ganges. Stonehenge. the Taj Mahal.
#12 This picture is an example of a site in England that was begun during the Neolithic Age and completed during the Bronze Age is
Mesopotamia.
the Ganges.
Stonehenge.
the Taj Mahal.

25. Stonehenge.

26. #13 Which of the statements BEST characterizes Neolithic man?
The major social organization was the clan.
They migrated in search of food, water, and shelter.
They invented the first tools including simple weapons.
Technological and social advances gave rise to stable communities.

27. Technological and social advances gave rise to stable communities.

28. #14 During the glacial periods, Old Stone Age people kept warm by all of the following means, EXCEPT by
wearing animal skins
wearing woven woolen clothing
building fires
building shelters

29. wearing woven woolen clothing

30. #15 The first crops most likely to have been planted by Neolithic people were
berry bushes
fruit trees
spices and herbs
grains

31. grains

32. #16 All of the following are necessary for a Neolithic culture to evolve into a civilization, EXCEPT
the development of a system of public education for the community
the growth of a settlement large enough to be a city
job specialization with different groups performing different tasks
a centralized government for the city

33. the development of a system of public education for the community

34. #17 Neolithic farmers found that the soil along rivers was especially fertile because
they slashed and burned the vegetation along the rivers
they added fertilizers to the soil
annual flooding replenished the land with a layer of topsoil
animals deposited their manure more frequently along the rivers

35. annual flooding replenished the land with a layer of topsoil

36. #18 The end of the Neolithic period in Southwest Asia and Egypt is generally accepted to be when
the use of mathematics began
tools and weapons were made from iron
a system of writing developed
civilizations developed

37. civilizations developed