G6 U1 Content Review

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

to adjust to an environment to improve chances of survival

• adapt

• migrate

• forage

• secure

The tools and methods to perform tasks

• technology

• migration

• adaptation

• nomad

the movement from one region to another

• migration

• adaptation

• specialization

• development

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 an example of Paleolithic technology?

• flint ax head

• a tree branch

• an iron pot

• written language

One of the most important technologies used by the Paleolithic people was

• stone tools

• spoken language

• cave art

• religion

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

. What is the best example of how an advance in the use of technology made life less difficult for Paleolithic people?

• They hunted and gathered.

• They discovered how to use fire.

• They lived near water sources.

• They used caves as shelters.

Which of the following happened during the ice ages?

• Large pieces of ice melted, flooding the Earth.

• Earth's oceans froze.

• Thick sheets of ice moved across much of the northern part of the Earth.

• Water separated Asia and North America.