Ch.1 Early Humans (Paleolithic/Neolithic) Test

Historians are people who _______ and _______ about the human past.

• read, learn

• learn, read

• study, write

• None of the above

Prehistory is the

• time before farming.

• time before writing.

• stone age.

• None of the above.

What does Paleolithic mean in Greek?

• Stone Age

• New Stone Age

• Prehistory

• None of the above

The Paleolithic people had to go from place to place to find food. This is why they were known as (pick one answer)

• gatherers.

• hunters.

• nomads.

• None of the above.

During the Paleolithic Age the most common shelter was

• a cave.

• a permanent brick and mud house.

• made with animal hides and wooden poles.

• None of the above

These are tools, weapons and other things made by humans.

This person studies evidence buried in the ground where settlements might have once been.

• Anthropods

• Anthropologists

• Biotechnicians

• None of the above

These people focus on human society. They study how humans developed and how they related to one another.

• archeologists

• botanists

• anthropologists

• None of the above.

What did the Paleolithic people discover that was considered "life-changing"?

• cave art

• sliced bread

• spears

• None of the above

In the Ice Age, from 100,000 BCE to 8,000 BCE thick ice sheets covered parts of

• Europe, Asia, and North America

• Antarctica, Australia, Asia

• Africa, North America, Asia

• None of the above