Unit 2 Review - The Stone Ages

What is the meaning of "Prehistory?"

• the time before humans knew how to use fire

• the time before there was writing

• the time after farming began

• the modern world

Early ancestors of modern humans are called ____________?

• Hominids

• Humorous

• Homo Sapiens

• People of the Past

What is the nickname earned by Homo Habilis due to their ability to make simple tools?

• Handy Man

• Upright man

• Man who uses fire

• Fix-It Man

Which was the first hominid group to learn to control fire?

• Homo Habilis

• Homo Erectus

• Australopithecus

• Home Sapiens

All humans alive today belong to which hominid group, also known as the "wise man?"

• Homo Sapiens

• Homo Habilis

• Homo Erectus

• Neanderthal

Early societies were hunter-gatherers, what does this mean?

• The grew and produced their own food sources

• They could only eat animals they could hunt

• The good only eat plants that could gather

• They hunted wild animals and gathered wild plants for food

In most hunter-gatherer societies, what was the role of the women?

• The women collected plants to eat and cared for the children

• The women hunted in small groups

• The women were thought to be related to the gods and therefore did not have to do any work

What is the definition of migrate?

• to move to new places

• to grow your own crops

• to hunt and gather your food

• to dance like no one is watching

Early humans first migrated out of which continent?

• Africa

• Asia

• Europe

• South America

The change between hunting and gathering to farming is called ___________________?

• The Great Farming Movement

• The Neolithic Revolution

• The Stone Age Revolution

• The Farmers Almanac