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WorksheetsEarly Man Unit Review
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 26mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is another word for farming?
a)
Domestication
b)
Irrigation
c)
Agriculture
d)
Farming
2.
On what continent did the earliest humans live?
a)
Africa
b)
North America
c)
Europe
d)
Asia
3.
How did domestication of plants and animals affect early man?
a)
They could have pets
b)
They could visit distant places
c)
They could hunt and gather
d)
They could stay in one place for a long time
4.
What is the name of the period of time when glaciers covered most of the earth?
a)
Cold Age
b)
Ice Age
c)
Global Warming
d)
Hunter-Gatherer
5.
Why did early humans migrate around the world?
a)
They wanted to travel
b)
They were tired of the same places
c)
There were not enough animals to hunt or food to gather
d)
There was not enough good schools
6.
Why did early man create tools?
a)
They needed help traveling great distances
b)
They needed something to help process food and help with hunting
c)
They needed to settle down
d)
They needed something to help with getting a better night sleep
7.
What is one of the most important discoveries of early man?
a)
Fire
b)
Wheel
c)
Electricity
d)
Bones
8.
What is migration?
a)
Visiting relatives
b)
Moving to a different location in search of food
c)
Farming
d)
Controlling Animals
9.
What first allowed early humans to be less nomadic?
a)
Fishing
b)
Irrigation
c)
Migration
d)
Agriculture
10.
Stone tools, mammoth bone houses, and spears are characteristics of which group of people?
a)
Neandertals
b)
Europeans
c)
Hunter-Gatherers
d)
The Dutch
11.
What was the role of men in hunter-gatherer communities?
a)
They hunted animals
b)
They gathered berries
c)
They farmed
d)
They planted crops
12.
This species was nicknamed "Wise Man"?
a)
homo sapiens
b)
austrapolithecus
c)
homo erectus
d)
homo habilis
13.
The process of changing plants and animals for better use is called ____________.
a)
migration
b)
agriculture
c)
domestication
d)
taming
14.
Flint knives, hammer stones, spears, and hand axes are all examples of ______ used by the early hominids.
a)
fossils
b)
megaliths
c)
tools
d)
game pieces
15.
The Stone Age, people first learned to
a)
control fire
b)
domesticate animals
c)
plant farms
d)
migrate
16.
The study of earth's physical features.
a)
Geography
b)
Archeology
c)
Astronomy
d)
Biography
17.
The study of the past based on what people left behind.
a)
Geography
b)
Archeology
c)
Astronomy
d)
Biography
18.
Knowledge, beliefs, customs, and values of a group of people.
a)
Environment
b)
Climate
c)
Culture
d)
Artifact
19.
A community of people who share a common culture is a(n) _______.
a)
Village
b)
Town
c)
Culture
d)
Society
20.
In hunter-gatherer groups, who was responsible for taking care of the children?
a)
Men
b)
Women
21.
The most important development during the Stone Ages was _____.
a)
Tools
b)
Language
c)
Farming
d)
Irrigation
22.
The process of changing plants and animals to make them more useful for humans is called _____.
a)
Agriculture
b)
Farming
c)
Domestication
d)
Irrigation
23.
_____ is a way of supplying water to an area of land.
a)
Canals
b)
Basins
c)
Irrigation
d)
Trenches
24.
What is a surplus?
a)
More than is needed
b)
Less than is needed
c)
Just enough
25.
How were surplus and division of labor important to early man?
a)
When we have a division of labor, we can have a surplus
b)
When we have a surplus, others can do different jobs
c)
They weren't important to early man
d)
Division of labor allowed irrigation to develop
26.
The act of training for a particular job
a)
Domestication
b)
Division of Labor
c)
Specialization
27.
As food became more abundant, fewer people were needed in the fields. As a result, some people ______________
a)
went back to hunting and gathering
b)
started domesticating animals
c)
became artisans, or skilled workers
d)
moved out of the villages
28.
Which of the following are roles of men in hunter-gatherer societies?
a)
maintain fire
maintain fire
maintain fire
b)
take care of children
c)
stay close to settlement
d)
follow, hunt and kill animals
29.
What is a Nomad?
a)
People who travel from place to place depending on the season.
b)
People who always wear sweaters.
c)
People who never travel.
30.
How do Archaeologists learn about ancient people?
a)
They learn by examining fossils and artifacts.
b)
They learn by reading caveman books.
31.
Skilled workers who made metal products, cloth, or pottery
a)
artifacts
b)
artisan
c)
nomad
d)
technology
32.
Which of the following describes characteristics of a civilization?
a)
cities and government
b)
art and religion
c)
class divisions and writing system
d)
all of these
33.
The development of farming led to
a)
the end of the nomadic lifestyle
b)
a food surplus
c)
a larger population and the development of cities
d)
all of the above are correct
34.
Civilizations came about as the result of
a)
the creation of iron weapons
b)
food surplus which created larger populations and the specialization of jobs
c)
the discovery of fire
d)
the creation of new languages
35.
One of the main reasons societies settled along rivers in the Neolithic Era was because
a)
the village elders demanded it
b)
the land there was more valuable
c)
it was more safe and secure
d)
it provided irrigation for farming
36.
Permanent villages occurred during what time period?
a)
Neolithic
b)
Paleolithic
c)
Mesolithic
d)
Hunterlithic
37.
Cave art was created during what time period?
a)
Neolithic
b)
Mesolithic
c)
Paleolithic
d)
Hunterlithic
38.
Human knowledge used to create better tools and equipment
a)
specialization
b)
technology
c)
prehistory
d)
artifacts
39.
Adapting plants and animals for human use
a)
technology
b)
landbridge
c)
irrigation
d)
domestication
40.
What does the term prehistory mean?
a)
time period before writing was invented
b)
an object made by a human
c)
human knowledge used to create better tools and equipment
d)
food
41.
These items are important for archaeologists as they help tell a story about groups of people
a)
archaeologists
b)
technology
c)
artifacts
d)
Mythology
42.
Where was Lucy was found?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
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