Stone Age Quiz

Why were stone tools important?

• They were better than using fire.

• they made it easier to get meat and other nutrients from animals and plants than their earlier ancestors.

• They allowed them to create drawings about their religion.

• It helped them develop a written language.

What is a definition of domestication?

• Splicing the genes to modify the characteristics of animals.

• The taming of animals and plants.

• Making sure Husbands were properly trained by their wives.

• Process of sharpening tools

Why was cave art important?

• Gave us insight on how prehistoric humans experienced the world around them.

• To help figure out how to build structures.

• To give Prehistoric humans an idea on what the future might be.

• To explain why their written language was created.

The temperature the Chukchi people lived in...

• Was not a factor in how they lived their lives.

• Was extremely warm and tropical.

• Had many natural disasters that made them nomadic

• Could reach temperatures as low as -100

Two ways fire was used was by prehistoric humans (choose two)

• To see at night

• To disinfect wounds

• To create steel

• Bringing people together and becoming like the "first school" created.

What year was the first cave art discovered?

• 20,000 years avo

• 8,000 years ago

• 130,000 years ago

• 2 million years ago

What was an important discovery during the Neolithic Age?

• Seeds

• Chipped stone tools

• Fire

• Oral language

What was an important discovery during the Paleolithic era?

• Seeds

• Bronze

• Fire

• Donestication

What is a nomad?

• Another name for a hunter

• A person that kept record of a groups history

• The name of gatherers in prehistoric society

• A person or group that travels from place to place to survive.

Why was the Agricultural Revolution important?

• It allowed groups to make permanent settlements and create a more stable food source

• It allowed for tools to be made out of harder material

• It allowed gladiator fights to take place for leadership

• Created a voting system for who would keep track of money