Early Man - Paleolithic/Neolithic Eras

How do historians define Prehistory?

• the time before there was writing
• when people lived in caves
• people who lived in the past
• a handheld object designed to help people
• the future

How did hunter-gatherers get their food?

• steel traps
• hunting animals and gathering fruits and nuts
• farming
• the grocery store

What geologic feature allowed Stone Age people to move to new continents?

• a megalith
• a land bridge
• a stone tool
• agriculture

Which of these is the right order of events during the Neolithic era?

• larger populations > growth of towns > Agriculture

• Agriculture > End of the Ice Age > larger populations

• Agriculture > larger populations > growth of towns > civilization

The term Paleolithic is best associated with

• Agricultural Revolution
• Domestication of plants and animals
• Hunter-gatherers
• New Stone Age

Items on a timeline are organized by

• chronology
• problem and solution
• cause and effect
• compare and contrast

Which would be classified as a primary source?

• interview
• textbook

Which would be classified as a secondary source?

• biography
• journal

Tools used by Paleolithic man were mostly made from

• copper
• wood
• steel
• stone

This cave painting suggests that Old Stone Age man

• domesticated animals to eat
• hunted animals for food
• raised animals for work
• worshiped animals