Ch. 2 test The Stone Age and Early Cultures

Why is the study of ancient bones important to us today?

• The study of ancient bones gives us information about human ancestors.
• Ancient bones are the only source of information about early peoples for archaeologists.
• Ancient bones help develop better forms of agriculture.
• Ancient bones help develop modern technologies.

What was important about Donald Johanson's discovery of Lucy in 1974?

•  It proved that hominids used tools.
• It proved that hominids lived in East Africa 5,000 years ago.
•  It pointed to a hominid’s ability to walk upright.
• It was the first discovery of ancient bones.

Which of the following defines Homo erectus?

• thinking man,
• modern man.
• sharp dressed man.
• upright man.

What effect did the invention of tools have on early humans?

• They required humans to stand close to animals when hunting.
•  They increased chances for survival.
• They decreased chances for survival.
• They allowed more animals to graze the fields.

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

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 protection 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.

Which of the following best defines a megalith?

• huge stones used as monuments
• a temple made of wood
• a large mammal that lives in the Asian tundra
• a ruler or king of an ancient kingdom

 People in the New Stone Age had a different relationship to plants and animals due primarily to

• climatic changes and human innovations
• migration patterns
• religious beliefs and fire control
• barbarian invasions.