Early Humans Review

What led to the first permanent settlements?

• agriculture
• megaliths
• migration
• language

Why is this period of time known as the Stone Age?

• People preferred using stones to build shelter
• Everybody lived in caves
• Tools were mostly made from stone
• The climate was always cold

___ are a group of people who wander and follow herds of animals which they hunt.

• Warriors
• Nomads
• Cave People
• Climate

Early humans learned to make fire by

• rubbing two stones together

• using a match box

• using fires caused by lightning

An expert who studies the past by examining objects that people have left behind is called a(n)

• Sociologist
• Archaelogist
• Scientologist
• Geologist

The time before written history is known as

• Ancient

• Prehistory

• Post-historic

• Precivilization

Many scientists believe the earliest ancestors of humans were found on which continent?

• Asia
• North America
• South America
• Africa

Migrate means

• to stay in one place
• to hunt animals
• to farm
• to move from place to place

BCE stands for

• Before Common Era
• Before Common End
• Before Current End
• Before Current Era

CE stands for

• Common End
• Current Era
• Common Era
• Current End