Early Man Study Guide

What is another word for farming?

• Artifact
• Irrigation
• Agriculture
• Domestication

How did domestication of plants and animals affect early man?

• They hunted animals more frequently.
• They could migrate to others places faster.
• They could stay in one place for a long time.  
• They no longer needed to use tools and weapons.

What is the name of the period of time when glaciers covered most of the earth?

• Winter
• Antarctica
• Ice Ages
• Land Before Time

How did natural resources help early humans?

• It helped them adapt to the environment.
• It allowed them to be nicer to one another.
  
• The resources prevented them from traveling to other continents
• It gave them extra time to decide who would be the leader

What is Bering land bridge?

• a place in eastern Africa
• an area between North and South America
• a strip of land in southern Asia
• an area of land between Asia and North America

Why did early humans migrate around the world?

• There were not enough animals to hunt or food to gather
• Some only wanted to grow crops
• Their population grew too large
• They enjoyed traveling to all of the continents

Why did early man create tools?

• Because they were very smart and enjoyed working with tools
• Because they needed something to help process food and help with hunting
• Because they wanted to build a shopping area
• Because it was a way to gain popularity among the hunting group

What was the time period before writing was created called?

• unwriting
• A.D.
• Preman
• Prehistory

What is one of the most important discoveries of early man?

• wheel
• bricks
• fire
• paper

What is migration?

• Moving to a different location
• Domesticating animals and plants
• Exchange of goods between people
• Transporting skins to a central marketplace