Quiz on Early Human Migration

Early humans first left Africa around...

• 1,000 years ago

• no one knows for sure

• 100,000 years ago

Early humans began to migrate, or move to new places, because...

• the climate was changing

• they wanted to meet new people

• they wanted to trade with other early humans

A land bridge is...

• a strip of water separating two continents

• a strip of land connecting two continents

• a bridge built by early humans

Glaciers are

• mountains with snowy peaks

• snow covered valleys

• huge sheets of ice formed from ocean water

The Paleolithic Era is also known as (1 Point)

• Old Stone Age

• After the Stone Age

• Before the Stone Age

During an ice age... (1 Point)

• the ocean levels rise

• the ocean levels decrease

• the whole world is covered in ice

As early people migrated to colder climates, how did early humans adapt to the changing environment? Choose the correct examples from the options below.

• They developed new hunting tools.

• They started farming.

• They built shelters with insulation.

• They domesticated animals.

Around 1.6 million years ago, many places experienced long periods of freezing..... (1 Point)

• an ice age

• a tropical age

• a cold zone

Migration means to (1 Point)

• develop new tools

• move to new places

• have new ideas

The Mesolithic Era is also known as (1 Point)

• New Stone Age

• Middle Stone Age

• Old Stone Age