Stone Age

How did people make the tools we call choppers?

• They threw stones against another.
• They struck one stone with another.
• Used a hammer to shape.
• The look for stones that were sharp.

Where were the oldest stone tools been found?

• Tanzania
• Hadar
• Madagascar
• Serengenti

Why do you think hunters with spear-throwers could hunt large animals?

• They didn't need to get closer.
• They wanted to get closer.
• They were hungry.
• They wanted just wanted to hurt the animal not kill it.

Usually a simple object such as a tool or ornament showing human work and
representing a culture or a stage in the development of a culture.

• nomadic
• archaeologist
• fossil
• artifact

What were the first tools used for

• to process food

• to build houses

The first part of the Stone Age is called

• Neolithic Era

• Paleolithic Era

• Mesolithic Era

• none of the above

The type of tool created to process food such as cut, chop, or scrape roots, bones, or meat are called

• arrow head

• bow

• choppers

• Tanzania

Why did hunters no longer have to get close to animals when the were hunting?

• They had guns

• They weren't scared of the animals

• The attached wooden handles and created spears

The hand ax was used for which of the folllowing

• break tree limbs

• to dig

• to cut animal hide

• all of the above

A ____________ is an handheld object that has been modified to help a person accomplish a task.

• hand ax

• tool

• spear

• primary source