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What was most likely the regular diet of the earliest hunter-gatherers?

• crops they planted

• domesticated farm animals

• small animals they could find

• large animals they caught in traps

• wild plants they could pick

What climate conditions do scientists believe caused the earliest humans to migrate during the Paleolithic period?

• ice ages

• warm winters

• severe floods

• intense storms

What occurred about sixty thousand to ninety thousand years ago?

• Humans began settling in large civilizations

• Humans began migrating from Africa

• Humans created rafts and boats

• Herto Man lived

Where did the first humans live?

• Australia

• Arabia

• Africa

• Asia

What enabled early humans to come together and solve problems?

• language

• bartering

• scavenging

• settling in villages

Why were human hunter-gatherers nomadic?

• They scavenged

• They were escaping ice storms

• They followed migrating animals

• They did not know how to build permanent homes

How did hunter-gatherers use the tools shown in the image to the left?

• to travel long distances

• to make cave drawings

• to pick wild vegetation

• to hunt large animals

What kind of natural disaster pushed the first migrants to leave Africa?

• There was a heat wave.

• There was an earthquake.

• There was extreme drought.

• There was widespread flooding.

Use the map to answer the question to the left. Which continent did humans reach by a now nonexistent land bridge?

• North America

• Australia

• Europe

• Asia

Hunter-gatherers lived a nomadic lifestyle. Explain how this lifestyle led to migration out of Africa. Use evidence from the chapter to support your response.

• They followed animal herds for food.

• They wanted to explore new lands.

• They were escaping from predators.

• They were looking for better weather.