Stone Age Vocabulary Quiz

What term describes people who move from place to place?

• Settlers

• Nomads

• Farmers

• Artisans

What is the term for long periods of extreme cold?

• Ice Age

• Stone Age

• Bronze Age

• Iron Age

What is the earliest period of the Stone Age called?

• Neolithic

• Mesolithic

• Paleolithic

• Chalcolithic

Where in France were cave paintings discovered?

• Altamira

• Lascaux

• Chauvet

• Cosquer

What term refers to tools and methods to perform tasks?

• Art

• Technology

• Culture

• Science

What is the process of taming animals for human use called?

• Cultivation

• Domestication

• Specialization

• Migration

What is the term for training for a particular job?

• Education

• Specialization

• Domestication

• Migration

What does it mean to migrate?

• To settle in one place

• To move from one place to another to follow the food

• To build permanent homes

• To cultivate land

What are land bridges?

• Natural bridges made of stone

• Earthen bridges exposed during the ice age when the water level decreased

• Man-made bridges for transportation

• Bridges made of wood

What does Neolithic mean?

• Old Stone Age

• Middle Stone Age

• New Stone Age

• Bronze Age