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WorksheetsPaleolithic Era
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 19mins
Which innovation enabled early humans to cut down trees?
metal sickle
stone ax
spear
plow
Hunter-gatherers changed their landscapes to either encourage or discourage plant growth or to provide habitat for animals they hunted. Which of these systems did early Stone Age people use?
slash and burn
slice and burn
canals and drainage
cross-pollination
How did the invention of spears help people living in the Paleolithic period?
They were able to become better farmers.
They were able to domesticate animals.
They were able to cut down trees.
They were able to hunt wild animals.
Which letter represents where it is believed that the earliest humans lived?
W - Indian Subcontinent
Z - Australian Outback
X - East African Rift Valley
Y - Southwest Deserts
At the end of the last ice age, as glaciers retreated in northern Europe, what caused people to move north into the areas uncovered by the ice sheets?
They were escaping from floods in the south.
They were fleeing from invaders living in the east.
They were searching for better farmland and resources.
They were following animal herds to hunt.
Which of the following was a significant technological breakthrough that occurred during the Paleolithic era?
the use of coins as money
the ability to create fire
the invention of the wheel
the use of writing
A nomad is someone who travels around instead of settling in one place. Which of the following sentences best describes why early humans were nomadic?
They followed the movement of the animals they hunted.
It was too dangerous to stay in one place too long.
They didn’t have the wealth necessary to build a city.
They moved around to stay away from their enemies.
Humans’ main source of food during the early Paleolithic Era was
from farming and growing crops.
from raising livestock and cattle.
from the sea.
from hunting and gathering.
The Paleolithic Era is characterized by
the earliest use of stone tools by humans.
mass migration from North America to Africa.
the first attempts at raising crops.
development of clans and tribes.
Which of the following were the first tools that Paleolithic people used?
plows
wooden digging tools
stone axes
copper axes
