Prehistory-Paleolithic Quiz

How did the invention of spears help people living in the Paleolithic period?

• They were able to become better farmers.

• They were able to domesticate animals.

• They were able to cut down trees.

• They were able to hunt wild animals.

At the end of the last ice age, as glaciers retreated in northern Europe, what caused people to move north into the areas uncovered by the ice sheets?

• They were escaping from floods in the south.

• They were fleeing from invaders living in the east.

• They were searching for better farmland and resources.

• They were following animal herds to hunt.

Which of the following was a significant technological breakthrough that occurred during the Paleolithic era?

• the use of coins as money

• the ability to create fire

• the invention of the wheel

• the use of writing

A nomad is someone who travels around instead of settling in one place. Which of the following sentences best describes why early humans were nomadic?

• They followed the movement of the animals they hunted.

• It was too dangerous to stay in one place too long.

• They didn’t have the wealth necessary to build a city.

• They moved around to stay away from their enemies.

Humans’ main source of food during the early Paleolithic Era was

• from farming and growing crops.

• from raising livestock and cattle.

• from the sea.

• from hunting and gathering.

What do historians call the earliest period of human history when people used stone to make tools and weapons?

• Ancient Age

• Bronze Age

• Neolithic Age

• Paleolithic Age

Paleolithic people moved from place to place in search of food. This is why they are called ______.

• farmers

• settlers

• nomads

• immigrants

Which of the following is a way that early people adapted to living in a cold climate?

• They built house out of stone

• They lived close to water

• They stayed inside

• They made clothes from animal skins

Early cave paintings like those found in Lascaux, France contain mostly

images of what?

• grasslands that were growing in areas that are

  now desert

• handprints, which are most likely those of teenage

  boys

• events in the daily lives of hunter-gatherers

• animals, some of which are now extinct

The early period of human history

• Iron Age
• Bronze Age
• Ancient Age
• Stone Age