SEMESTER 1 EXAM | 9th Grade World History

Where do many historians believe the first "People" originated?

This is the study of human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains.

Why is it difficult for historians to study early human societies?

Artifacts are best described as

Fossils are best described as

______________ ____________ are the main tool of historians because it formally defines history and sets it apart from archaeology and anthropology

This is the evolution of language, art, innovation, and social relationships amongst Stone Age people.

Archaeological evidence shows that the Neanderthals in Europe and Southwest Asia had a system of _____________ beliefs and performed rituals such as funerals.

____________________ is a broad term which encompasses the full range of learned human behavior patterns, behaviors which are often linked to survival.

When a species is less successful at surviving than others, such as an inability to cope with competition for food, changes in climate, and volcanic eruptions, it risks _____________________. (When a species has no living members)

______________ ___________ are perhaps the first cultural artifacts which historians can use to reconstruct the worlds of Paleolithic peoples.

Scientists can infer the early use of ____________ from the fact that humans brain size increase, they traversed large swaths of land, established settlements, created tools, traded, and instituted social hierarchies and cultures.

Permanent homes did not become standard until the ________________ era.

The boomerang-shaped region of the Middle East that was home to some of the earliest human civilizations. Also known as the “Cradle of Civilization,”​

People trained to write cuneiform and record many of the languages spoken in Mesopotamia.​