Early People and Stone Age TEST

1. Throughout history, which two factors have influenced where people settle? 

• a.  building supplies and nearby trade ports
• a.  animals for hunting and average temperature
• drinking water and the ability to grow crops
• a.  population density and business opportunity

Throughout history, populations have moved from one place to settle in another place. What is this movement called?

• Culture 
• Density
• migration
• projection

Where do many scientists believe the first human-like beings lived? 

• Eastern Africa
• North America
• Southwest Asia
• Western Europe

 What significant, major change took place during the Neolithic Age?

• Simple shelters
• Harpoon fishing
• Farming
• Toolmaking 

How did humans live differently once they learned how to grow crops and tame animals that produced food? 

•  people stopped gathering grains
• people began settling in communities
• people started building dwelling places that housed a small clan
• people stopped using stone tools

What was one way the people survived the Paleolithic Age? 

• they built roads   
• they traveled together in groups
• they planted crops
• they lived in villages

Historians can learn about ancient civilizations by studying items such as weapons, tools, and pottery, which are called

• artifacts
• treasure
• Species
• Fossils

1.  The year before A.D. 1 is

• 1 B.C.
• 0
• A.D. 2
• 2 B.C.

1.  A group of 100 years is known as a(n)

• Era
• Decade
• Century
• millennium

What event separates B.C. and B.C.E? 

• When the dinosaurs died
• The birth of Christ
• The death of Christ 
• When t.v.'s went from black and white to color