Stone Age Multiple Choice Quiz

What is the Stone Age?

• A prehistoric period when weapons and tools were made of stone or organic materials

• A time when people only lived in caves

• The period when writing was invented

What is the Paleolithic Period?

• The newest phase of the Stone Age

• The early phase of the Stone Age, lasting about 2.5 million years

• The middle phase of the Stone Age

What are Hominids?

• Early stone tools

• Erect primate mammals that include recent humans and extinct ancestors

• Cave paintings

What does Homo Erectus mean?

• "Upright man"

• "Wise man"

• "Tool maker"

What is Homo Sapiens?

• The first hominids to use tools

• The primate species to which modern humans belong

• An extinct human ancestor

What is a Hunter-Gatherer?

• A person who studies ancient artifacts

• A human living in a society that gets food by collecting wild plants and hunting animals

• Someone who makes stone tools

What is an Archaeologist?

• A person who studies human history through excavation of sites and analysis of artifacts

• Someone who lived during the Stone Age

• A type of early human

What is Domestication?

• Living in caves

• The process of taming an animal or cultivating a plant for food

• Making stone tools

The Paleolithic Period is also known as the:

• New Stone Age

• Middle Stone Age

• Old Stone Age

What were hand axes and picks created in during the Paleolithic Period?

• Modern-day Europe

• Modern-day Africa

• Modern-day Asia