Human Origins Quiz

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) The Old Stone Age

,

(b) Both

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(c) The New Stone Age

• Paleolithic

• Stone Tools

• Farming

• Neolithic

• Settled

• Pottery

• Surplus Food

• Hunter-gatherer bands

• Domestication

• Nomadic Herders

• Art

• First Stone Tools

Define Ancestor

• 1. A family member from the past

• Live in one place permanently

• Changing wild plants and animals for human use

• Farming plants and domesticated animals

Define Paleolithic

• More than you need

• Living in one place permanently

• The Old Stone Age

• Farming plants and domesticated animals

Define Neolithic

• A family member from the past

• The New Stone Age

• The Old Stone Age

• Someone who moves from place to place with no permanent home

Define Domestication

• Changing wild plants and animals for human use

• More than you need

• The Old Stone Age

• A family member from the past

Define Civilization

• A complex society that has cities, a government, workers with different jobs, writing, art, and buildings

• A family member from the past

• The Old Stone Age

• Changing wild plants and animals for human use

Define Social Class

• More than you need

• The Old Stone Age

• Changing wild plants and animals for human use

• A group of people who do similar work, have similar incomes, and similar ways of life

Define Surplus

• Live in one place permanently

• More than you need

• Someone who moves from place to place with no permanent home

• The Old Stone Age

Define Nomad

• Live in one place permanently

• More than you need

• Someone who moves from place to place with no permanent home

• The Old Stone Age

Draw a picture that shows the meaning of "Hunter-gatherer" (hunting, fishing, and eating wild plants)