WorksheetsDevelopment of Human Societies
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is an artifact?
a)
petrified tree branch
b)
spear point made of stone
c)
footprint of a chimpanzee
d)
fossilized skull of a hominin
2.
Why did some Paleolithic people in East Africa migrate to other areas between 100,000 and 75,000 years ago?
a)
farmland became increasingly scarce
b)
the climate became very unstable
c)
rival groups drove them out
d)
the sea level was rising
3.
Which of the following is an important way that hunter-gatherers got food?
a)
making flour from wheat
b)
growing vegetables
c)
gathering fruits and nuts
d)
raising animals such as goats
4.
What is an example of a technology that Paleolithic people developed?
a)
burying their dead with certain rituals
b)
hunting for wild berries and nuts
c)
living in small family groups with many relatives
d)
using fire to cook food
5.
What term is used to identify the way of life of a group that sets it apart from other groups?
a)
primary source
b)
technology
c)
migration
d)
culture
6.
Out of what material did Paleolithic people make their tools?
a)
stone
b)
glass
c)
iron
d)
bronze
7.
Which of these are megafauna?
a)
apes such as chimpanzees
b)
woolly mammoth and saber-toothed cats
c)
Homo Sapiens
d)
early hominins
8.
What do the rock paintings of Tassili-n-Ajjer in North Africa show?
a)
early humans planting crops
b)
images of human hands
c)
grasslands in an area that is now desert
d)
people's religious beliefs
9.
Why did East Africans start migrating to the Sahara around 100,00 years ago?
a)
they needed more farmland
b)
an ice age had begun in East Africa
c)
the Sahara had turned into an oasis
d)
they wanted to move closer to the ocean
10.
What animals did humans learn to breed for hunting and protection?
a)
goats
b)
cattle
c)
pigs
d)
dogs
11.
Why are primary sources important to understanding human history?
a)
they provide historians' interpretations of past events
b)
they are based on secondary sources
c)
they give descriptions of events by a person who lived through them
d)
they are always passed orally from one generation to the next
12.
Which of the following is a characteristic of the culture of some early Homo sapiens?
a)
they were able to run long distances
b)
they built complex cities
c)
they buried their dead
d)
they lived during the Paleolithic Age
13.
Which of the following describes hunter-gatherers?
a)
they lived in fixed locations with large family groups
b)
they moved with the groups of animals they relied on for food
c)
they grew crops in various locations, depending on the season
d)
they were the first to domesticate plants and animals
14.
How can radiologists help historians learn about the past?
a)
they can look at weapons to determine how people hunted
b)
they can examine DNA to trace human ancestry and migration patterns
c)
they can interpret detailed x-rays of things we cannot see with our eyes
d)
they can examine soil layers to determine climate changes over time
15.
Which of these is a primary source?
a)
a climate map of the ancient world created by a modern scientist
b)
a cave painting created by a Paleolithic person
c)
a textbook on the lives of early humans
d)
a novel describing events in the life of an imaginary early human
16.
What are two main characteristics of domestication?
a)
living a nomadic life and killing wild animals
b)
farming and raising animals
c)
gathering wild fruits and raising animals
d)
living a nomadic life and raising animals
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