EOC-Early Human Origins

What helped to bring an end to the Neolithic era?

• Humans began to store food.

• Animals were trained.

• Humans began to use fire to make tools.

What contributed to the development of cities?

• Having extra food .

• Trading with different civilizations.

• Climate change.

• Finding better ways to hunt.

Why were the early civilizations all located near rivers?

• The water was needed to help with agriculture.

• Rivers provided protection against attacks.

• Rivers made it easy to travel.

What is something that both early humans and other hominins have in common?

• They both were skilled fighters.

• Neither could adapt to different habitats.

• They both needed to live near a water source.

• They both ate grass for food.

What did pottery and drawings show?

• The economy during the early human's time.

• The food the early humans ate.

• The culture of the ancient society.

• The forms of technology used by early humans.

What did early cave drawings show?

• Early human's religious beliefs.

• They showed social hierarchies within the groups.

• It showed the amount of people that lived within a group.

• It showed farming and agriculture.

The creation of human culture was a result of ....?

• The beginning of agriculture.

• Humans migrating to different places.

• The first human settling into permanent housing.

• The development of spoken language.

What factor caused the first humans to migrate into Europe?

• The lack of food where there lived.

• The beginning of the Ice Age.

• The first humans never migrated into Europe.

• The end of the ice age.

Archaeology is important because it helps us understand our ______.

• past
• present 
• future
• dreams

What is an artifact?

• An imprint of a plant from long ago
• The remains of a person from long ago
• A food prepared or eaten by humans
• An object made or used by humans