Historians call the time before there was writing...

• prehistory
• The Dark Ages
• Neolithic Era
• The Stone Age 

What is a hominid? 

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

The Stone Age is divided into 3 periods based on the 

• use of fire 
• use of language 
• kinds of crops grown 
• kinds of tools used 

Which of the following BEST defines society? 

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

Historian believe language developed in the Stone Age for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

• distribution of food 
• for hunting 
• to form new relationships
• creating art

How did early people migrate out of Africa and into new places? 

• They used land bridges.
• They used ships.
• They used the wheel.
• They used technology.

What effect did farming have on people in the Stone Age? 

• It allowed them to travel.
• It allowed them to paint cave.
• It allowed them to build permanent settlements.
• It allowed them to hunt for animals.

What is agriculture? 

• farming 
• hunting and gathering 
• cave painting 
• hunting 

Domestication is the process of changing plants or animals to make them more useful to humans.

• true 
• false 

 Early humans needed to migrate for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

• food ran out 
• They were bored. 
• Climate began to change