Unit 2 Study Guide

During the Paleolithic Era, humans were ______. They didn't stay in one place, because they were always hunting for food.

• sedentary

• nomads

• experts

• ghosts

Once humans figured out how to ______ , they stopped being nomads and became sedentary.

• cultivate the land

• hunt

• gather berries

• make fire

Which word means "old stone" age?

• neolithic

• paleolithic

Which word means "new stone" age?

• neolithic

• paleolithic

During Paleolithic Era, humans lived a nomadic lifestyle of hunting and gathering for survival. Why were early humans nomadic?

• they didn't have any tools

• it was way too hot

• animals were domesticated

• Earth's climate was too cold and partly covered with glaciers

How did the Ice Age impact human migration?

• As animals moved to warmer areas, humans followed the animals to hunt

• people stayed huddled around a fire

• humans gathered berries

• stone tools

Early people were hunters and gatherers. They hunted animals and gathered wild plants in order to survive. Why did this way of life come to an end?

• they discovered fire

• The practice of farming was developed in the Fertile Crescent

• empires were at war

• rivers flooded

Identify the 2 leading factors which led to the development of settling in villages during the Neolithic time period.

• migration and farming

• fire and stone tools

• hunting and gathering

• cultivation of land and domestication of animals

Prehistory begins with the appearance of ______ and ends with the invention of _______

• aliens and fire

• cattle and the wheel

• humans and writing

The following inventions were all discovered during which era?

Fire and stone tools

• Paleolithic

• Neolithic