Early Humans- The Stone Age

1.  What were the primary occupations of people during the Paleolithic Era?

• a.  Hunters & Gathers
• a.  Toolmakers
• a.  Farmers

One Way that farming changed the way people lived was____________________.

• They no longer were nomads
• Life expectancy was shorter
• They had to move around to new farms

During the Neolithic Revolution

• People learned to grow food
• People migrated to find food
• People were nomadic

Nomadic means to

• Sleep in tents
• Move around frequently
• Stay in one place

What was the greatest benefit to people when early farmers began to raise plants and animals?

• Easy travel

• They kept pets

• Shared most work

• Stable food supply

The Stone Age got its name because

• Stone Houses

• Used pretty rocks for money

• Rocky Fields

• Stone Tools

Scientists believe that the earliest humans evolved in and migrated from which continent? 

• Europe 
• North America 
• Asia 
• Africa 

The map shows the migration routes of early humans. What made it possible for them to move from Asia to North America?

• They constructed large ships to sail across at #1. 
• They crossed the land bridge at #1. 
• They swam the short distance at #1. 
• They built a bridge out of wood at #1.

A system to bring water to crops

• migration

• agricultural revolution

• irrigation

• nomad

What led to the first permanent settlements?

• agriculture
• megaliths
• migration
• language