Story Of The World 1 - Chapter 1

Front 1

A _______________ is a person who wanders or roams around.

Back 1

nomad

Front 2

In warm places, the first families lived in ______________.

Back 2

tents

Front 3

In colder, rocky places, they lived in _________.

Back 3

caves

Front 4

One of the best places for the earliest people to live was _______. (Hint: the ground was very fertile there.)

Back 4

the Fertile Crescent

Front 5

Early farmers would dig _______ to bring water from the river to their fields.

Back 5

canals

Front 6

When the nomads had eaten most of the food in one place they would ________.

a) plant more food
b) move to another place
c) send a few people out to look for more

Back 6

move to another place

Front 7

What kind of food did women and children help provide for the family?

a) large animals such as deer and bison
b) vegetables
c) berries, nuts and roots
d) fish

Back 7

berries, nuts, and roots

Front 8

What kind of food did men provide for the family?

a) honey and eggs
b) vegetables
c) berries, nuts, and roots
d) large animals such as deer and bison

Back 8

large animals such as deer and bison

Front 9

Nomads built tents using ________ and wooden frames.

a) animal hides
b) mud bricks
c) rocks
d) reeds and grasses

Back 9

animal hides

Front 10

The first farmers grew _____.

a) olives and figs
b) corn and wheat
c) wheat and barley
d) berries and nuts

Back 10

wheat and barley

Front 11

Early farmers used a machine called a shaduf to ________.

a) harvest their grain
b) water their crops
c) plant seeds
d) till the soil

Back 11

water their crops

Front 12

Farmers began to build ______ so that they could help each other water and tend their crops.

a) stone walls
b) villages
c) canals
d) houses

Back 12

villages

Front 13

TRUE OR FALSE: The Fertile Crescent was a good place to live because there was water, good soil, and plenty of grass and plants.

Back 13

True

Front 14

The early farmers moved from place to place like nomads.

Back 14

False

Front 15

Farmers began to build their houses out of mud bricks and reeds.

Back 15

True

Front 16

Early farmers began to raise cattle and pigs.

Back 16

False

Front 17

Villages began to build stone walls around their villages to keep their animals inside the village.

Back 17

False

Front 18

Jericho was one of the earliest cities.

Back 18

True