Early Humans Quiz

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 houses out of stone.

• They lived close to water.

• They stayed inside.

• They made clothes from animal skins.

The earliest part of the Stone Age is referred to as the ______ ______.

• Ice Age

• Paleolithic Age

• Modern Age

• Future Age

Early _____ _____ show animals and figures of human in bright colors.

• Picture frames

• Animals fat

• Cave paintings

• Flint Stone

Paleolithic people were ________.

• famers

• only in Africa

• Hunters- Gathers

• extinct after the last ice age.

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

• stone tools

• spoken language

• cave art

• religion

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

What advancement during the Paleolithic Age made communication between people easier?

• the use of physical gestures

• the development of written language

• the development of spoken language

• the discovery that crushed rock and animal fat makes paint

What was a major effect of the neolithic revolution?

• People began hunting and gathering
• The first permanent settlements
• A terrible war
• Human rights

What change marked the beginning of the Neolithic Revolution? 

• beginning of hunting and gathering
• man learned to write
• man began farming
• man built towns and cities