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Early Humans

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Domestication is...

a)

Doing a specific job or skill

b)

Planting crops in a regular or organized basis

c)

Taming or training animals for human use

d)

The process of bringing water to crops

2.

The process of bringing water to crops is called...

a)

Domestication

b)

Specialization

c)

Watering

d)

Irrigation

3.

Means "Old Stone"

a)

Paleolithic

b)

B.C.

c)

Neolithic

d)

A.D.

4.

Nomads are...

a)

People who use metal to make tools and weapons

b)

People who travel from place to place in search of food and shelter

c)

People who train or tame animals to help humans

d)

People who farm in an organized and regular way

5.

The era that humans used bronze to make tools, weapons, and other technology

a)

Stone Age

b)

Specialization

c)

Metallurgy

d)

Bronze age

6.

Growing crops on an organized and regular basis

a)

Specialization

b)

Systematic Farming

c)

Irrigation

d)

Domestication

7.

Small groups, sometimes families, who live together to hunt and for safety

a)

Nomads

b)

Caravans

c)

Clans

d)

Hives

8.

The general term for both raising animals for food AND growing crops

a)

Agriculture

b)

Metallurgy

c)

Domestication

d)

Systematic Farming

9.

Hunters and Gatherers are...

a)

People who use tools made of wood, stone, and bone

b)

People who specialize in a specific job or skill

c)

People who tame or train animals

d)

People who hunt animals and search for vegetation in order to survive

10.

True or False. The Agricultural Revolution occurred during the Paleolithic Age.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Neolithic Means...

a)

A.D.

b)

"New Stone"

c)

B.C.

d)

"Old Stone"

12.

Irrigation is...

a)

The process of bringing water to crops

b)

Taming or training animals for human use

c)

Taking metals from rock and using them to make tools and weapons

d)

The organized and regular growing of crops

13.

Clans are...

a)

People, sometimes families, who stayed together to hunt and for safety.

b)

People that work a specific job or skill

c)

People that bring water to their crops

d)

People who take metal from rock and make tools and weapons

14.

Farming AND domesticating animals is, in general, called...

a)

Specialization

b)

Metallurgy

c)

Agriculture

d)

Neolithic

15.

Civilization is...

a)

The most advanced stage of human development, usually with high populations

b)

Farming AND domesticating animals to survive

c)

Working a specific job or skill

d)

The process of bringing water to crops

16.

Metallurgy is...

a)

Taming or training animals for human use

b)

Moving from place to place in search of food and shelter

c)

Focusing on a specific job or skill

d)

The process of taking metal from rock and using it to make tools and weapons

17.

What is the name for the "Old Stone" Age. When the first prehistoric humans existed?

a)

Neolithic

b)

Paleolithic

c)

Prehistory

d)

B.C.

18.

Systematic Farming is...

a)

Taking metal from rock and using it to make tools and weapons

b)

The process of bringing water to crops

c)

Taming or training animals for human use

d)

The regular and organized growing of crops

19.

Taming or training animals for human use.

a)

Specialization

b)

Agriculture

c)

Domestication

d)

Systematic Farming

20.

The Bronze Age is...

a)

The time people began making tools and weapons from stone

b)

Another name for B.C.

c)

The time when people began to farm AND domesticate animals to survive

d)

The time when people began to use bronze to make tools, weapons, and other technology

21.

Kevin lives with a group of people, some of them his family, who hunt together and stay together to keep safe. Kevin is part of a...

a)

Caravan

b)

Troop

c)

Clan

d)

Grouping

22.

Valeria plants rows of crops. Some during Summer, others in the Spring or Fall. What best describes what Valeria is doing?

a)

Irrigation

b)

Systematic Farming

c)

Domestication

d)

Specialization

23.

Juan used to haul all his farming equipment to the field every day. It was very heavy and took three trips to get all the equipment to the field. Recently, he trained a donkey to carry everything for him at once. What best describes this scenario?

a)

Domestication

b)

Specialization

c)

Metallurgy

d)

Agriculture

24.

Dylan melts down rocks and uses the liquid copper and tin left behind to make tools and weapons. What best describes what Dylan is doing?

a)

Agriculture

b)

Domestication

c)

Paleolithic

d)

Metallurgy

25.

Esau and his clan have been following a buffalo herd for months in order to hunt the buffalo for food. What best describes what Esau's clan?

a)

Gatherers

b)

Specialization

c)

Nomads

d)

Paleolithic

26.

Emily is going to plant corn, but first she is going to dig ditches and canals so the river water can water the corn seeds. What best describes what Emily is doing?

a)

Irrigation

b)

Domestication

c)

Metallurgy

d)

Specialization

27.

Carson has to hunt animals every day if he wants meat, or forage for grains, nuts, fruit, or any other natural vegetation in the area. What term best describes Carson?

a)

Specialization

b)

Systematic Farming

c)

Metallurgy

d)

Hunters and Gatherers

28.

Gohan farms. Victoria makes tools and weapons out of metal. Hector is a soldier. Tina makes pottery. Which term best describes what is happening?

a)

Domestication

b)

Specialization

c)

Metallurgy

d)

Systematic Farming

29.

True or False. An Ox being used to plow a field is Domestication.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

True or False. During the Bronze Age, people used metallurgy to make tools and weapons.

a)

True

b)

False

31.

True or False. An example of Systematic Farming is training a cow to stay still so the farmer can milk it.

a)

True

b)

False

32.

What were people doing for food during the Paleolithic Age?

a)

Farming

b)

Going to the grocery store

c)

Hunting and Gathering

d)

Domestication

33.

What were people doing for food during the Neolithic Age?

a)

Hunting and Gathering

b)

Making stone weapons

c)

Going to the grocery store

d)

Farming

34.

True or False. The Paleolithic and Neolithic Ages were both during Prehistoric Times.

a)

True

b)

False

35.

Which of the following would be an example of Agriculture?

a)

Making tools and weapons out of metal

b)

Making tools and weapons out of stone

c)

Specializing in making clothing

d)

Having a wheat farm where you also raise chickens for their eggs

36.

What would be an example of something that happened during the "Old Stone" Age.

a)

A person makes a metal sword for a soldier

b)

A person plants Spring vegetables

c)

A person collects berries in a basket for their dinner

d)

A person trains to become a potter

37.

What would be an example of something that would happen during the "New Stone" Age.

a)

A person would stay in a small group to hunt with

b)

A person would attack a plow to an Ox

c)

A person would make an ax out of wood and stone

d)

A person would follow a herd of buffalo

38.

What would be an example of something that happened during the "Old Stone" Age.

a)

A person would live in a portable shelter

b)

A person would find a way to get the lake water to his farmland

c)

A person would experiment with combining different metals

d)

A person would be very skillful at building permanent shelters

39.

What would be an example of something that would happen during the "New Stone" Age.

a)

A person runs out of resources and has to move to a different area

b)

A person learns how to make a fire

c)

A person builds a house out of clay bricks

d)

A person only knows about 30 people

40.

The time before writing was invented is called...

a)

Prehistoric Times

b)

B.C.

c)

The Before Time

d)

The No Record Era

41.

Choose all the terms that apply to the PALEOLITHIC Age

a)

Domestication

b)

Making tools from wood, stone, and bone.

c)

Specialization

d)

Systematic Farming

e)

Nomads

42.

Choose all the terms that apply to the NEOLITHIC Age

a)

Clans

b)

Metallurgy

c)

Hunting and Gathering

d)

Agricultural Revolution

e)

Irrigation