TN Ready Review - Early Man

 Refer to the map. From which continent did human migration take place 150,000 years ago? 
A B C D 

• Africa 
• Asia 
• Australia 
• Europe

Which statement best describes the importance of the agricultural revolution? 

• Steady food supplies meant healthy, growing populations.
• Warrior-kings founded city-states. 
• All people became farmers.
• Diff erent groups began using stone tools

Because the conditions for farming were good there, the first civilizations arose ____________.

• near the sea.
• in the mountains. 
• in river valleys.
• in the desert.

Which event occurred first? 

• beginning of the Neolithic Age
• discovery of fire
• beginning of last Ice Age
• invention of writing

Which event occurred during the Neolithic Age? 

• discovery of fire 
• invention of writing 
• acquiring of language
• last Ice Age

Which sequence of events is correct? 

• Early humans discover fire
  Early humans acquire language
  Humans invent writing
• Paleolithic Age begins
  Neolithic Age begins Last Ice Age begins
• Last Ice Age begins Early humans discover fire
  Neolithic Age begins
• Neolithic Age begins Humans begin to use bronze
  Humans invent writing

Which of the following characteristics best characterizes nomadic hunter-gatherers of the Paleolithic Age? 

• use of tools and fire
• basic hunting weapons
• beads and other jewelry 
• all answers are correct

Which of the following describes how people adapted to survive the cold temperatures during the ice ages? 

• they lived in overhangs or caves. 
• They hunted animals such as bison and deer.
• They made fi re by rubbing two sticks together.
• They enriched their diets with fat

A century is a period of 

• 10 years. 
• 100 years. 
• 500 years
• 1,000 years

What does the term prehistoric refer to? 

• time before the birth of Christ
• time before the death of Christ
• time before the development of writing
• time before the development of money