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Section Quiz
Uncovering the Past
Section 2 TRUE/FALSE Mark each statement T if it is true or F if it is false. If false
explain why. ______ 1. Geography is the study of Earth’s physical and cultural features.
______ 2. Climate is the study of the weather conditions in a certain area over
a short period of time.
______ 3. The environment is made up of only the living things that affect life in
an area.
______ 4. A region is an area with one or more features that make it different from
surrounding areas.
______ 5. Early people settled in places that were rich in resources, materials found
in Earth that people need and value.
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Answer Key Section Quiz
Section 3 1. agriculture 2. domesticate 3. Neolithic 4. metal 5. survival 6. production 7. towns 8. Megaliths 9. elements 10. ancestors
UNCOVERING THE PAST Section 1 1. j, history 2. e, culture 3. c, archaeology 4. g, fossil 5. d, artifacts 6. k, primary source 7. m, secondary source 8. i, historians 9. b, archaeologists 10. a, actions and beliefs
MESOPOTAMIA AND THE FERTILE CRESCENT Section 1 1. T 2. F, (tiny rocks and water) 3. T 4. F, more than they needed 5. F, division of labor exists when individuals
Section 2 1. T 2. F, Climate is the study of the weather
conditions in a certain area over a long period of time. 3. F, The environment is made up of all the living and nonliving things that affect life in an area. 4. T 5. T
specialize in different tasks Section 2 1. h, rural 2. b, city-state 3. m, urban 4. c, empire 5. k, Sumerians 6. e, polytheism 7. f, priest 8. j, social hierarchy 9. g, religion 10. i, Sargon
THE STONE AGES AND EARLY CULTURES Section 1 1. k, prehistory 2. i, Mary Leakey 3. d, hominid 4. a, ancestor 5. j, Paleolithic Era 6. m, Tanzania 7. l, society 8. f, hunter-gatherers 9. c, flint 10. e, Homo erectus
Section 3 1. cuneiform 2. pictographs 3. scribe 4. epics 5. architecture 6. ziggurat 7. cylinder seals 8. The Epic of Gilgamesh 9. 60 10. wheel
Section 2 1. T 2. F, They migrated from Africa and Asia 3. F, Fire was not sufficient, it only helped 4. T 5. T
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