Chapter 1 Review (2)

What was the main daily activity of the Paleolithic people?

• building shelters

• searching for food

• growing crops

• creating tools

How did the most recent ice age affect settlement patterns across the world?

• Populations decreased due to intense cold.

• People traveled from North America to Asia.

• Populations became more concentrated.

• People moved to new places.

What factor most influenced the diets of hunters and gatherers in Paleolithic times?

• where they lived

• what they liked

• how they hunted

• when they hunted

How did the invention of fire reduce the time hunters spent hunting?

• Cooking made food taste better.

• Smoking allowed food to be stored.

• Fire provided light that extended the day.

• Fire was used to scare animals.

What was the greatest benefit that early humans gained from fire during the ice ages?

• making it easier to gather food

• helping them stay warm

• providing light for doing artwork

• lighting dark caves

How do anthropologists help us understand the lives of early humans?

• by studying the lifestyles of modern hunters and gatherers

• by studying the languages of early humans

• by examining the records of later peoples

• by interpreting the artwork they created

Using tools helped humans' brains grow larger by making what activity easier?

• building shelters

• staying warm

• moving from place to place

• getting food

Which cultural advance of early humans helped them plan and work together better?

• making cave paintings

• controlling fire

• making tools

• using a spoken language

What kind of artifact could an archaeologist use to learn about the kinds of plants ancient humans ate?

• the plants they used to make paint

• fossil seeds found at campsites

• fossil bones found at campsites

• evidence of shelters they built

Which describes the very first tools humans made?

• spears used to catch fish

• scraping tools to clean animal hides

• pieces of flint used to cut into plants or animals

• bows and arrows to kill animals from a distance