Early Humans & Hominids Quiz

1. (a)   early relatives to modern-day humans

2. (a)   movement from one location to another, in order to establish a new permanent settlement

3. (a)   time period before written records

4. (a)   narrow passage of water located between Russia and Alaska, where it is believed that humans crossed a frozen land bridge from Asia to North America during the Ice Ages

5. (a)   period of time where humans invented and primarily used stone tools

6. (a)   group of people living together within a community

7. (a)   "wise man" and the group including modern-day humans, which is believed to be the first hominid to develop language

8. (a)   large-scale shift from hunting/gathering to farming, which allowed humans to produce large quantities of food

9. (a)   time periods with consistently freezing temperatures throughout the world

10. (a)   study of humans and their development, including human culture and human behavior