Paleolithic Age Ch. 1, Sec. 1

A fossil is...

• The remains of a living thing

• A human-made object

• A written record

Handprints were found in a cave in...

• Beringia

• Lascaux, France

• Africa

During the Ice Age, what was formed that helped the early humans migrate to the Americas?

• a new continent

• Icebergs

• a land bridge

Where did the Paleolithic people migrate to first after they left Africa?

• Southwest Asia

• North America

• Australia

Why did the Africans who lived in the East start migrating out of Africa?

• They wanted to move closer to the ocean

• The Sahara had turned into an oasis

• They needed more farmland

A scientist who studies artifacts and fossils

• archaeologist

• zoologist

• geologist

A group of people's way of life, including behavior, food, clothing and religion.

• anthropology

• culture

• megafauna

A strip of land connecting two landmasses.

• land bridge

• highway

• trail

migration

• The movement from one place to another

• A fertile place with water in a desert

• A long period of dry, hot weather

megafauna

• An object made by humans from a past culture

• The large animals of a particular geological period

• The remains of organisms that lived long ago