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WorksheetsCh. 2 Stone Age
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 23mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Why is the study of ancient bones important to us today?
a)
The study of ancient bones gives us information about our human ancestors
b)
Ancient bones help develop better forms of agriculture
c)
Ancient bones help develop modern technologies
d)
Ancient bones are the only source of information about early peoples for archaeologists
2.
What was important about Donald Johanson's discovery of Lucy in 1974?
a)
It pointed to a hominid's ability to walk upright.
b)
It proved that hominids used tools.
c)
It was the first discovery of ancient bones.
d)
It proved that hominids lived in East Africa 5,000 years ago.
3.
Which of the following defines Homo erectus?
a)
Thinking Man
b)
Modern Man
c)
Wise Man
d)
Upright Man
4.
What effect did the invention of tools have on early humans?
a)
They required humans to stand close to animals when hunting.
b)
They increased chances for survival.
c)
They decreased chances for survival.
d)
They allowed more animals to graze the fields.
5.
Which of the following best defines a land bridge?
a)
Mammoth bones laid out over a body of water.
b)
A mountain range beside a gody of water.
c)
A strip of land connecting two continents.
d)
A strip of coast along a rocky shore.
6.
Which of the following statements best summarized why people learned how to make clothes and build shelters after migrating out of Africa?
a)
They needed to trade cloth with other merchants.
b)
They needed more protection to survive in colder areas.
c)
They needed less protection to survive in warmer areas.
d)
They needed to trade living spaces with others.
7.
Which statement best defines the Neolithic Revolution?
a)
major battle fought between people of Asia and Africa
b)
the shift from food gathering to food producing
c)
the shift from food gathering to hunting
d)
major battle fought between the peoples of Asia
8.
What effect did farming have on people in the Stone Age?
a)
It allowed them to build permanent settlements.
b)
It allowed them to travel.
c)
It allowed them to paint caves.
d)
It allowed them to hunt for animals.
9.
Which of the following best defines a megalith?
a)
huge stones used as monuments
b)
a temple made of wood
c)
a large mammal that lives in the Asian tundra
d)
a ruler or king of an ancient kingdom
10.
People in the New Stone Age had a different relationship to plants and animals due primarily to
a)
climatic changes and human innovations.
b)
migration patterns.
c)
religious beliefs and fire control.
d)
barbarian invasions.
11.
Which of the following statements best summarizes the relationship between farming and the growth of towns?
a)
Farming held back developments in the arts.
b)
The development of farming helped establish permanent settlements.
c)
The development of farming led to more hunter-gatherer groups.
d)
Farming competed with hunting and gathering practices.
12.
Which continent did humans reach approximately 40,000 years ago?
a)
North America
b)
Australia
c)
Africa
d)
South America
13.
To study prehistory, historians rely on the work of archaeologists and
a)
anthropologists
b)
Australopithecus
14.
Groups of __________ appeared about 3 million years ago.
a)
humans
b)
hominids
15.
Simple tools like __________ werre used for about 2 million years.
a)
choppers
b)
processors
16.
Gathering of wild plants, seeds, fruits, and nuts was mostly done by _________
a)
women
b)
men
17.
Land bridges allowed for __________ Age people to move around the world.
a)
Stone
b)
Middle Stone
18.
By 9,000 BC, people lived on all continents except ___________
a)
Africa
b)
Antarctica
19.
People began to build permanent homes using materials such as wood, stone, and even __________
a)
skins
b)
bones
20.
Animal skins were ________ to help keep people warm.
a)
burned
b)
sewn
21.
Historians call the shift from food gathering to food producing the _____________ Revolution.
a)
Prehistoric
b)
Neolithic
22.
Using large animals greatly improved the ability of people to ____________.
a)
farm
b)
gather
23.
The Form of communication called writing was invented 10,000 years ago.
a)
True
b)
False
24.
One way prehistoric people adapted to their environment was to create tools to process food.
a)
True
b)
False
25.
During the Mesolithic Era, people settled in new lands.
a)
True
b)
False
26.
Early people learned about fire from rubbing two rocks together.
a)
True
b)
False
27.
The first human-made shelters, called pit houses, were pits in the ground with roofs of branches and leaves.
a)
True
b)
False
28.
Early people believed in gods such as the thunder god.
a)
True
b)
False
29.
Wild Herds are an example of the domestication of animals.
a)
True
b)
False
30.
Archaeologist who believed that bones found in East Africa in 1959 belonged to hominids
a)
ancestor
b)
mammoth
c)
Mary Leakey
d)
Stonehenge
31.
Farming
a)
agriculture
b)
migrate
c)
australopithecus
d)
land bridge
32.
A relative who lived in the past
a)
ice ages
b)
mammoth
c)
prehistory
d)
ancestor
33.
To divide among a group of people.
a)
Distribute
b)
Migrate
c)
Domestication
d)
Megaliths
34.
To Move
a)
Ancestor
b)
Migrate
c)
land bridge
d)
prehistory
35.
Process of changing plants or animals to make them more useful to humans.
a)
Mammoth
b)
Ancestor
c)
Megalith
d)
Domestication
36.
Type of bone used to build early homes.
a)
Mammoth
b)
Stonehenge
c)
Domestication
d)
Megaliths
37.
A Time of long periods of freezing weather.
a)
Ice Ages
b)
Prehistory
c)
Australopithecus
d)
Ancestor
38.
Famous Megalith
a)
Mammoth
b)
Australopithecus
c)
Stonehenge
d)
Ice Ages
39.
Name means "Southern Ape"
a)
Domestication
b)
Australopithecus
c)
Stonehenge
d)
Ancestor
40.
Humans learned how to make fire during the Neolithic Age.
a)
True
b)
False
41.
People made cloth and clothing from all of the following Except
a)
animal skin
b)
plant fibers
c)
sheep and goat wool
d)
fish skin
42.
In prehistoric religion, people gathered for ceremonies around monoliths.
a)
True
b)
False
43.
Scientists are not exactly sure when or where the first modern humans lived.
a)
True
b)
False
44.
Tools became more complex during the Middle Stone Age.
a)
True
b)
False
45.
What is the scientific name for modern humans?
a)
Australopithecus
b)
Homo erectus
c)
Homo habilis
d)
Homo sapiens
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