What effect did the invention of tools have on early humans?

• They required humans to stand close to animals when hunting.

• They increased the chances of survival.

• They decreased the chances of survival.

• They allowed more animals to graze the fields.

The Middle Stone Age is also called the

• Neolithic Era

• Ice Age

• Paleolithic Era

• Mesolithic Era

Which of the following contributed most to early people's ability to produce food?

• hunting of wild herds

• the end of the Ice Age

• the ability to make fire

• metal tools

Which of the following happened first?

• the Neolithic Era

• the Mesolithic Era

• the Paleolithic Era

• the Metal Ages

Which of the following best describes the advancements of the New Stone Age?

• using tools

• gathering food

• using seeds to grow crops

• using fire to cook food

Which statement best defines the Neolithic Revolution?

• major battle fought between people of Asia and Africa

• the shift from food gathering to food producing

• the shift from food gathering to hunting

• major battle fought between the peoples of Asia

What effect did farming have on people in the Stone Age?

• It allowed them to build permanent settlements.

• It allowed them to travel.

• It allowed them to paint in caves.

• It allowed them to hunt for animals.

What was important about Donald Johanson's discovery of Lucy in 1974?

• It proved that hominids used tools.

• It proved that hominids lived in East Africa 50,000 years ago.

• It pointed to a hominids ability to walk upright.

• It was the first discovery of ancient bones.

Which of the following defines a hominid?

• an early ancestor of humans

• a fishhook

• a stone tool

• a collection of ancient bones

Which of the following defines Homo erectus?

• handy man

• modern man

• wise man

• upright man