Chapter 2 History Quiz- Stone Age

What is the term for the time before there was writing?

• Neolithic Era

• Prehistory

• Mesolithic Era

• Ice Age

Who are considered early ancestors of humans?

• Megaliths

• Ancestors

• Hominids

• Societies

What is a relative who lived in the past called?

• Ancestor

• Hominid

• Tool

• Society

Which era is known as the first part of the Stone Age?

• Neolithic Era

• Mesolithic Era

• Paleolithic Era

• Ice Age

What term describes any handheld object modified to help a person accomplish a task?

• Tool

• Megalith

• Land Bridge

• Surplus

What is a community of people who share a common culture called?

• Society

• Ancestor

• Hominid

• Agriculture

What are long periods of freezing weather known as?

• Neolithic Era

• Ice Ages

• Domestication

• Surplus

What does it mean to migrate?

• To build monuments

• To move to a new place

• To farm

• To create tools

What are strips of land that connected two continents called?

• Megaliths

• Land Bridges

• Societies

• Tools

Which era is the middle part of the Stone Age?

• Neolithic Era

• Paleolithic Era

• Mesolithic Era

• Ice Age