The First People - part 1

"Prehistory" is the term historians use to refer to

• the time in human history after the Paleolithic era, but before the Mesolithic era

• the time in human history before writing was used

• the time in human history after domestication

• the time in human history before stone tools were used

An ancestor is

• a person from whom one is descended

• an early relative of hominids

• an early stone age tool

• an early hunter-gatherer

Which of the following is a term for an early human ancestor?

• tool

• society

• hominid

• prehistory

Scientists think the first modern modern humans appeared in which continent?

• Asia

• North America

• South America

• Africa

• Europe

To archaeologists, a tool can best be defined as

• an useful object such as a hammer or wrench

• an object modified for use as a weapon

• an object made from stone or wood

• a useful, modified handheld object

The first part of the Stone Age is called

• New Stone Age

• Mesolithic Era

• Paleolithic Era

• Neolithic Era

• Prehistory

The oldest tools were mostly used for

• digging holes

• killing other humans

• processing food

• entertainment

A community of people who share a culture is a

• culture

• society

• hunter-gatherer

• continent

Hunter-gatherers can best be described as

• people who created early farming techniques

• people who lived in caves

• people who killed wild animals and collected edible plants for survival

• people who settled down and created the first human civilization

What was the primary reason early people began to move out of Africa?

• crowded cities

• curiosity

• religious differences

• changing climate patterns