First Cultures

Answer these questions about early cultures.

1. How you would you get information about an early culture?

Oral history
Join an archealogical dig
examine cave walls
all of the above


2. If you were suddenly transported to 5000 years ago, what would your life look like?

There would be no farming.
The people would only move from place to place.
People would build towns and farm surrounding land.
People would use animal bones and stones as weapons.


3. This time period lasted from 70,000 to 12,000 years ago.

Neolithic Era
Sumerian Era
Paleolithic Era
Era of Mesopotamia


4. What was the sequence of tool technology?

stone knives, rocks, flaking, baking stone, metal
rocks, baking rocks, stone knives, metal, flaking
stones, flaking rocks to create knives, baking knives, using metal
bake rocks, flaking knives, metal, rocks


5. Identify which of the following are innovations in agriculture in 9,300 B.C. to 8,000 B.C.

raising maize
rice farming
domesticating sheep
raising sweet potatoes

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