this is my review packet for my history final and i need some major help.?

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1.) What time in the past does "prehistoric" refer to?
a. before the Neolithic Age
b. before the invention of writing
c. before the establishment of civilizations
d. before the appearance of Homo sapiens

2.) What important characteristics did "Lucy," the earliest hominid yet found, have?
a. well-developed muscles
b. prehensile tail
c. opposable thumbs
d. very big brain

3.) What did Mary Leakey's discovery of footprints indicate about hominids?
a. they were a species of australopithecine
b. they supported themselves as hunter-gatherers
c. they walked upright earlier than had been believed
d. they lived in a place where they had not been thought to exist

4.) Which of the following was NOT in wide use during the Neolithic Age?
a. domesticated of animals
b. bronze
c. irrigation
d. fire

5.) Which of the following was NOT a result of the safer, more settled life of agricultural villages?
a. cultural life
b. domestication
c. specialization
d. nomadic lifestyle

6.) What did the discoveries in the Shanidar cave reveal about the Neanderthals?
a. they had developed tools
b. they had developed religious beliefs
c. they had developed agriculture
d. they had developed a written language

7.) In what well-defined social classes did the people of Ur live?
a. wealthy merchants, priests, goatherds
b. scribes, government officials, weavers
c. rulers and priests, wealthy merchants, artisans
d. priests, rulers, scribes, artists

8.) Historical narratives and epic poetry were a further development of what major characteristic of civilization?
a. record keeping
b. advanced technology
c. complex institutions
d. advanced cities
 
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