Early Humans Key Concepts Review - Paleolithic Era

time periods with consistently freezing temperatures throughout the world when many humans died

• Ice Age

• prehistory

• stone age

• archaeologist

Due to cold temperatures, early humans of the Paleolithic Age had to move to follow their food sources. What is this movement called?

• fossils

• domestication

• migration

• glacier

How did some early humans successfully migrate from Asia to North America?

• They built boats out of wood and traveled across the ocean.

• They swam the short distance between the two continents.

• They walked across a land bridge after glaciers lowered sea levels.

• They floated on chunks of ice and hopped across glaciers.

Which statement about early human migration is FALSE?

• People migrated because there were long periods of warming and cooling average temperatures.

• People migrated because there were long periods of drought and little rainfall.

• People migrated because there were changing landscapes such as the growth and shrinking of forests, grasslands, and deserts.

• People migrated because they wanted to find new lands and build their own countries.

Why is it difficult for historians to know exact facts and dates about prehistory?

• The Ice Age destroyed all of the artifacts left behind by early hominids.

• there are no written records from this time since people didn't know how to speak yet

• It is impossible to determine if the land bridge theory is true.

• Ancient cave paintings do not reveal any information about early humans.

What is the difference between an artifact and a fossil?

• An artifact’s age can only be determined by relative dating, while a fossil’s age can only be determined by absolute dating.

• A fossil is an object made by humans, while an artifact is the remains of something that was once alive.

• An artifact is an object made by humans, while a fossil is the remains of something that was once alive.

• an artifact is something you learn in math class and a fossil is your dead ancestors

Which group of people studies prehistory based upon what earlier people left behind?

• geneticists

• archaeologists

• linguists

• dentists

The bones of a number of humans were found in one location. Using this evidence, scientists concluded that early humans probably

• made tools

  
  

• invented fire

• spoke language

• lived in groups

The oldest human fossils ever discovered indicate that humans originally lived on what continent?

• Africa

• Asia

• Europe

• Australia

Which types of tools did early humans create during the PALEOLITHIC & NEOLITHIC ERAS OF PREHISTORY?

• shovels made of copper

• hand axes and spears made of stone

• wheelbarrows made of bronze and wood

• moving cranes made of iron and ropes