Early Humans

Which of the following best defines a land bridge?

• mammoth bones laid out over a body of water
• a mountain range beside a body of water
• a strip of land connecting two continents
• a strip of coast along a rocky shore

According to the text, which of the following statements best summarizes why people learned how to make clothes and build shelters after migrating out of Africa?

• They needed to trade cloth with other merchants.
• They needed more protection to survive in colder areas.
• They needed less protections to survive in warmer areas.
• They needed to trade living spaces with others.

Which statement best defines the Neolithic Revolution?

• major battle fought between people of Asia and Africa.
• the shift from food gathering to food producing
• the shift from food gathering to hunting
• major battle fought between the peoples of Asia.

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

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

A time of long periods of freezing weather is known as the

• Ice Age
• Stone Age
• Bronze Age
• Climate Age

A relative who lived in the past is an

• ancestor
• descendant
• parent
• child

What development enabled people to live as farmers?

• Warm clothing
• Domestication of plants & animals
• Pottery
• Wheel

How did the domestication of plants and animals IMPACT the lives of hunter gatherers?

• they continued to be nomadic
• they did not change their way of life
• they settled down and became farmers
• they lived separately far away from others

The Paleolithic period is characterized by the use of

• stone tools
• irrigation
• advancements in farming
• bronze weapons

The earliest humans lived 

• by hunting and gathering their food
• alone or in pairs
• as herders of sheep and other livestock
• in farming villages along rivers