Chapter 2 - early stone ages

Historians call the time before writing

• The Stone Age
• Prehistory
• The Neolithic Age
• The Dark Ages

Which of the following defines hominid

• a collection of ancient bonse
• a tool
• an early ancestor of humans
• a fishhook

Which of the following best defines society

• A community of people who share a common culture
• a community of people who share a region 
• a community of people who share a language
• a community of people who share a religion

It is predicted that early humans painted on caves

• to draw maps
• to show what they regularly saw
• to teach religious beliefs
• to express themselves

How did early people learn about fire

• from rubbing two rocks together
• from lightening
• from using a match
• from rubbing leaves together

What effect did the Ice Ages have on early humans?

• they were forced to control large fires
• they were forced to fish
• they were forced to move to new environments
• they were forced to hunt

The Stone Age, people first learned to 

• control fire
• domesticate animals
• plant farms 
• migrate

One example of ____ is growing ____

• domestication
• Controling fire
• agriculture
• prehistory

people made cloth and clothing from all of the following except

• plant fibers
• fish skin
• animal skin
• sheep wool

What effect did farming have on peole of the Stone Age

• allowed them to build permanent settlements
• allowed them to travel
• allowed them to paint caves
• allowed them to hunt animals