Chapter 3 Early Humans

Which of the following statements about the Paleolithic Era are true? You will select more than one answer.

• G. People lived in one place

• E. People made a living by hunting and gathering

• A. The world was much warmer than it is today

• C. Technology was based on stone tools

• F. People lived in small groups of 20-30 people

Which of the following statements about the development of agriculture is true? You will select more than one answer.

• G. It caused the beginning of the Neolithic Era

• E. Agriculture allowed people have time to invent new technologies

• B. Agriculture created food surpluses that allowed large groups of people to live in one place

• D. Agriculture allowed people to live in permanent settlements

• F. Agriculture caused populations to increase

The discovery of which important technology led to the end of the Stone Age?

• Fire

• Metal tools

• Stone tools

• The wheel

What was the climate like for much of the world during the Paleolithic Era?

• Much colder than today with huge ice sheets covering large portions of the Northern Hemisphere

• About the same as it is today

• Much warmer than today; causing sea levels to be dramatically higher

• A period of severe droughts that caused the extinction of many species of large mammals

What major change took place during the Neolithic Era?

• The development of agriculture

• The invention of computer technology

• The development of steam power

• The first use of a spoken language

Paleolithic people first made tools made of:

• Iron

• Plastic

• Stone and plant & animal material

• Glass

What does Paleolithic mean as it is used in the passage?

• A. New Stone Age

• B. Old Stone Age

• C. Space Age

• D. Computer Age

According to the passage, which is a problem associated with hunting and gathering?

• A. People could starve because they can’t store food

• B. Animals are too easy to catch

• C. They produce too much food

• D. Hunting and gathering can lead to overpopulation

Which word means the same thing as agriculture?

• Hunting

• Mining

• Gathering

• Farming

Match the following:

• Evidence

• Producing crops and raising animals for food started in the

• Ice Age

• Proof something is true

• Paleolithic

• Period in history where the earth's climate was much colder than it is today.

• Neolithic Age

• Old Stone Age

• Nomads

• Hunter Gatherers