Development of Human Societies

Which of the following is an artifact?

• petrified tree branch
• spear point made of stone
• footprint of a chimpanzee
• fossilized skull of a hominin

Why did some Paleolithic people in East Africa migrate to other areas between 100,000 and 75,000 years ago?

• farmland became increasingly scarce
• the climate became very unstable
• rival groups drove them out
• the sea level was rising

Which of the following is an important way that hunter-gatherers got food?

• making flour from wheat
• growing vegetables
• gathering fruits and nuts
• raising animals such as goats

What is an example of a technology that Paleolithic people developed?

• burying their dead with certain rituals
• hunting for wild berries and nuts
• living in small family groups with many relatives
• using fire to cook food

What term is used to identify the way of life of a group that sets it apart from other groups?

• primary source
• technology
• migration
• culture

Out of what material did Paleolithic people make their tools?

• stone
• glass
• iron
• bronze

Which of these are megafauna?

• apes such as chimpanzees
• woolly mammoth and saber-toothed cats
• Homo Sapiens
• early hominins

What do the rock paintings of Tassili-n-Ajjer in North Africa show?

• early humans planting crops
• images of human hands
• grasslands in an area that is now desert
• people's religious beliefs

Why did East Africans start migrating to the Sahara around 100,00 years ago?

• they needed more farmland
• an ice age had begun in East Africa
• the Sahara had turned into an oasis
• they wanted to move closer to the ocean

What animals did humans learn to breed for hunting and protection?

• goats
• cattle
• pigs
• dogs