Stone Age

According to Source 2, scientists found evidence that suggests early humans cooked food around 400,000 years ago. What did this evidence most likely look like?

• Primitive matches found among ancient pottery

• cave paintings of humans eating with forks

• the discovery of stone ovens, similar to today's pizza ovens

• the presence of ashes in caves, which were early shelters.

According to the sources, what are some of the ways that the discovery of fire aided early humans? Select two answers.

• It allowed them to cook the food they hunted.

• It enabled them to treat their stone tools

• It was a tool used in creating cave art

• It allowed them to clear forests to plant crops.

• It encouraged them to build small villages.

Based on Source 4 and your knowledge of social studies, how did the development of agriculture most likely change the lifestyle of early humans?

• It forced people to move more than before to find new sources of water.

• It led to early people becoming predominantly vegetarian rather than meat eaters.

• It resulted in frequent wars as tribes fought over fertile land

• it led to people settling rather than living nomadically to hunt animals.

According to source 4, all of the following were achievements of the Neolithic Age except which one?

• domesticating animals

• weaving baskets

• creating pottery

• building irrigation systems

Using source 1, what is the most likely reason that the average temperature in Australia decreases the further south one goes?

• Moving south from the equator creates tropical rainforests which results in cooler temperatures due to tree canopies.

• Going farther south in Austrailia means that the average temperature is cooler due to the total amount of sunlight received being less.

• Heading south in Australia means lower average temperatures because it is higher above sea level than northern australia.

• The average temperature in southern australia is lower because it only sees sunlight for part of the day in the summer.

Why are there no major cities in the center of Australia?

• the center of Australia is too dry and too warm to support a large population such as those seen in major cities.

• All of Australia's major highways go along the coast, so it would be difficult for people to travel there.

• The winters in the center of Australia are too cold to support a large population such as those seen in a major city.

• The australia government decided that the center of the country should be used for farming instead of building cities there.

What is the most likely reason why the borders between states in Australia are straight lines?

• in the early days of Australian history, it was easier to draw a straight line on a map than curved ones.

• the borders of states in Australia are based on major irrigation canals that run either north-south or east-west.

• The straight lines are only temporary borders until better ways to define borders can be used.

• There are no natural features like rivers or mountain ranges that they could use to create borders.

What is the most likely reason why the diorama shows tools made out of stone?

• humans in the stone age had not developed sufficient technology in order to make metal tools.

• the tools in the pictures were used in religious ceremonies and were made out of stones considered holy.

• stone age humans used stone tools for digging irrigation canals and harvesting their crops.

• stone tools were used as an early equivalent of money, so they were numerous and often traded.

What is the importance of the bow and drill used by the hunter-gatherers in the image?

• bows and drills were vital in the creation of paints that were used to create the first forms of writing in human history, as seen on cave walls.

• By creating technology that could harness natural elements like fire, humans were able to use these elements for a variety of purposes needed for survival.

• The invention of the bow and drill was a necessary weapon needed for early humans to take down large animals like mastodons.

• By creating the technology used in the bow and drill, humans were able to build structures for religious purposes such as megaliths.

What was the most likely cause for the gradual shift from nomadic to agricultural societies?

• A large and sudden increase in human population meant that civilization had to find alternative methods of feeding their people.

• climate change led to warmer and wetter climates where agriculture could be more successful than before.

• the introduction of the horse and chariot meant that warfare could take place over large areas, and fortresses could stop these attacks.

• the development of early early religious that relied on plant sacrafices of specific crops meant that agriculture could meet dietary and religious needs of people.