Early Human Quiz

Scientists and archaeologists all agree about the migration and lives of early humans.

• False

• True

What may have helped early humans migrate between continents?

• land bridges

• stone arches

• hill paths

• glacier trails

What is the term for movement of groups of people or animals over time?

• migration

• settlement

• motivation

• colonization

What was life like for early hunter-gatherers?

• living in families or small groups and sleeping around fires at night

• making their own tools and hunting and gathering food during the day

• migrating when they needed more resources or to escape weather patterns

• hunting and gathering food during the day and making clothes and blankets from animal skins

Where was the earliest evidence of modern humans found?

• North America

• Europe

• Africa

• Asia

• South America

Hunter-gatherer groups were

How did early humans use fire?

• for melting metal

• for warmth and light

• for making pottery

• for cooking and protection

Why did early people migrate?

• for survival, such as finding water, food, shelter

• changing weather patterns and the need for land with enough food and water and livable temperatures

• to look for better land or more resources

• to avoid conflict or competition with others groups

• moving animal herds