Assessment: Chapter 1-"Early Humans and the Paleolithic World"

What was most likely the regular diet of the earliest hunter-gatherers? Select the TWO correct answers. (4.9) 2 pts.

• crops they planted 

  
  

• domesticated farm animals

• small animals they could find

•  large animals they caught in traps

• wild plants they could pick

What climate conditions do scientists believe caused the earliest humans to migrate during the Paleolithic period? Select TWO answers! (4.10)

• ice ages

• drought

• warm winters

• severe floods

• intense storms

What occurred about sixty thousand to ninety thousand years ago? (4.1, 4.10) 1 pt. 

• Humans began settling in large civilizations.

• Humans began migrating from Africa

• Humans created rafts and boats.

• Herto Man lived.

Click on the map and use it to help you answer the question. Where did the first humans live? (4.6, 4.10) 

1 pt.

• Australia

• Arabia

• Asia

• Africa

What enabled early humans to come together and solve problems? (4.3) 1 pt.

• language

• bartering

• scavenging

• settling in villages

Why were human hunter-gatherers nomadic? (4.9) 1 pt.

• They scavenged.

• They were escaping ice storms.

• They followed migrating animals.

• They did not know how to build permanent homes.

Use the image to answer the question. How did hunter-gatherers use the tools shown in this image? Select TWO answers! (4.9) 1 pt.

• to travel long distances 

  
  

• to make cave drawings 

  
  

• to pick wild vegetation

•  to hunt large animals

What kind of natural disaster pushed the first migrants to leave Africa? (4.10)  1 pt.

• There was a heat wave. 

  
  

•  There was an earthquake. 

• There was extreme drought.

• There was widespread flooding.

Use the map to answer the question. Which continent did humans reach by a now nonexistent land bridge? (4.6, 4.10) 1 pt.

• North America

• Europe

• Australia

• Asia

Use the image to answer the question. What does the photo of a Paleolithic cave painting suggest about how early humans lived? (4.2, 4.2.a, 4.9) 1 pt.

• They depended on animals for survival.

• They lived in caves with animals. 

• They had advanced artistic skills.

• They spent all their time in caves.