Paleolithic Era

How did fire help protect Homo erectus from wild animals?

• Animals were probably afraid of fire. 
• It didn't protect them.
• It protected the Homo habilis.
• It protected the animals from being eaten.

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.

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.

Who were hunter-gathers?

• Human beings who hunted wild animals.
• Early Humans who hunted animals and gathered wild plants to survive.
• Hominids
• Homo erectus

What is an archaeologist? Choose the BEST answer.

• A person who studies the past by looking at remains left behind

• A person who studies fossils

• A person who studies artifacts

• A person who studies dinosaurs

You want to learn more about WWII. Which of the following would be considered a PRIMARY Source? Choose all that apply.

• An interview with a WWII veteran

• A diary left behind by someone living in 1938 at the start of WWII

• A textbook explaining the cause of WWII

• A photograph of Pearl Harbor after it was attacked in 1941

What is a fossil? Choose the BEST answer.

• A remain of something that was once living

• A remain of something that was man-made

• A remain from a dinosaur

• A bone

In the Paleolithic Era, people moved place to place in search of food. These people can be called...? Choose all that apply.

• Hunters & Gatherers

• Nomads

• Farmers

• Wanderers

What is believed to be true about Paleolithic Culture? Choose all that apply.

• Food was scarce so people moved to follow food sources.

• Tools were complex

• People used every part of the animals they hunted for food, shelter, clothings and tools

• People lived in permanent shelters

• The goal of each day was survival

How did the invention of spears help people living in the Paleolithic period?

• They were able to become better farmers.

• They were able to domesticate animals.

• They were able to cut down trees.

• They were able to hunt wild animals.