Paleolithic Era 2020

Which innovation enabled early humans to cut down trees?

• metal sickle

• stone ax

• spear

• plow

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.

At the end of the last ice age, as glaciers retreated in northern Europe, what caused people to move north into the areas uncovered by the ice sheets?

• They were escaping from floods in the south.

• They were fleeing from invaders living in the east.

• They were searching for better farmland and resources.

• They were following animal herds to hunt.

Which of the following was a significant technological breakthrough that occurred during the Paleolithic era?

• the use of coins as money

• the ability to create fire

• the invention of the wheel

• the use of writing

A nomad is someone who travels around instead of settling in one place. Which of the following sentences best describes why early humans were nomadic?

• They followed the movement of the animals they hunted.

• It was too dangerous to stay in one place too long.

• They didn’t have the wealth necessary to build a city.

• They moved around to stay away from their enemies.

Humans’ main source of food during the early Paleolithic Era was

• from farming and growing crops.

• from raising livestock and cattle.

• from the sea.

• from hunting and gathering.

The Paleolithic Era is characterized by

• the earliest use of stone tools by humans.

• mass migration from North America to Africa.

• the first attempts at raising crops.

• development of clans and tribes.

What kind of images are shown in the Paleolithic wall paintings?

• Animals and religious rituals
• Natural forces
• Animals and humans
• Supernatural forces

Who were hunter-gathers?

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

Bonus Question : How did early humans express themselves?

• Language
• Art
• Language and Art
• Religion