Humans Spread Out (Quizizz)

On which continent do archaeologists believe humans began?

• Australia

• Africa

• Antarctica

• North America

Which do archaeologists believe was the LAST continent that early humans migrated to?

• Africa

• Australia

• North America

• South America

Migration is...

• the movement of people from one place to another.

• the creation of tools from stone.

• traveling to visit family members.

• hunting animals.

An environment is...

• a tool used to hunt animals.

• a medicine that early humans used.

• a person's surroundings or place he/she lives.

• a type of cave art.

What does it mean that early humans had to adapt?

• They had to build tools to hunt.

• They had to change their way of life depending on where they lived.

• They had to start living in groups.

• They had to create paintings on cave walls.

Which is one way early humans did NOT adapt to changes in their environment?

• They had to figure out which plants were safe to eat.

• They had to change the way they dressed.

• They had to find materials to build their homes.

• They had to follow herds of animals.

• They had to find ways to paint cave walls.

What happened during the Ice Age? (Select all that are true.)

• Glaciers formed and spread over much of the earth.

• Glaciers formed mountains, lakes, and rivers.

• Humans invented ice cream.

• Land underneath the water was exposed (showed up) and humans were able to cross these land bridges to other continents.

How did working together help the early humans survive the Ice Age? (Select all that are true.)

• They were able to hunt large animals like the wooly mammoth.

• They worked together to create metal tools.

• They helped each other find food in new areas.

• They helped protect their families from other groups of people who attacked them.

Why do archaeologists think early humans began in Africa?

• They found the earliest writing in Africa.

• They only find human fossils in Africa.

• They found the fossils of the earliest humans there.

The time period BEFORE writing began is called...

• A.D

• B.C.

• prehistory

• history