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Social Studies Review - Early Humans

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The earliest period of human history is called the

a)

Paleolithic age

b)

Neolithic age

c)

Bronze age

d)

Mesolithic age

2.
Paleolithic people were nomads because they had no choice but to 
a)
Flee from neighboring people
b)
Search for new food sources
c)
Move to fertile soil
d)
search for better jobs
3.

The ability to grow crops and domesticate animals meant humans could...

a)

Became better at hunting and gathering

b)

Could stop being nomads and settled in communities

c)

Could continue as nomads and become more specialized

d)

Could use fire to cook their food

4.

What geograhical feature did humans need to settle by in the neolithic age?

a)

Rivers

b)

Mountains

c)

Oceans

d)

Deserts

5.
___ are a group of people who wander and follow herds of animals which they hunt.
a)
Warriors
b)
Nomads
c)
Cave People
d)
Climate
6.

In order to express ideas, early humans

a)

developed writing

b)

painted in caves

c)

played music

d)

posted on Facebook

7.

What led to the first permanent settlements?

a)

agriculture

b)

hunting and gathering

c)

migration

d)

fire

8.
The Ice Age resulted in people crossing a land bridge from which two continents?
a)
Europe to Asia
b)
Asia to North America
c)
Africa to Asia
d)
North America to South America
9.

What is a fossil?

a)

An object from the past made by humans

b)

Anything old you dig up from the dirt

c)

Dinosaur bones used by humans as a weapon

d)

Hardened remains of of something once living like animals, shells, or plants.

10.
What does the word domesticate mean?
a)
Tame or Train
b)
Take from someone
c)
going from place to place
d)
to live in a city
11.

What do archaeologist do?

a)

Study Artifacts and Fossils

b)

Study societies

c)

Live in tents

d)

Study bugs to see what they eat

12.

What is Irrigation?

a)

Irrigation can route water to fields, help crops overcome drought, provide drinking water, and support waste removal.

b)

´Irrigation can grow groups be moving water through the air to water individual leaves

c)

Irrigation is the movement of crops through water.

d)

Irrigation is crop movements in a water system through which crops are moved and the water stays still.

13.
Why is it difficult to study the origins of humankind?
a)
There are no written records.
b)
There is not enough money
c)
No one wants to study them.
d)
No one understood the language
14.
The development of different kinds/types of jobs
a)
Specialization
b)
Domestication
c)
Anthropology
d)
Fossils
15.
What is the main reason that early  man stopped hunting and gathering and settled in villages?
a)
Agriculture: they were finally in control of their food sources.
b)
The animals they liked to eat became extinct
c)
Wild berries they gathered stopped growing during the winter season.
d)
They made weapons to hunt and gather more food.
16.
The earliest tools were made from
a)
iron
b)
animal skins
c)
fossils
d)
stone
17.
What is a Hunter-Gatherer?
a)
People who live in sedentary villages.
b)
People who hunted wild animals and gathered plants for food.
c)
People who collect hunting tools.
d)
People who engage in systematic agriculture.
18.
The move from hunting gathering to raising food is called: 
a)
industrial revolution
b)
agricultural revolution
c)
revolutionary war
d)
dance dance revolution
19.
What discovery allowed Paleolithic people to survive the Ice Age?
a)
fire
b)
farming
c)
hunting
d)
spoken language
20.

A permanent or semi-permanent move from one location to another

a)

BCE

b)

Nomad

c)

Agriculture

d)

Migration

21.
Early humans were hunter-gatherers. This means?
a)
They found their food growing wild, hunted, or fished
b)
They grew crops
c)
They traded for food at the market
d)
They were only scavengers
22.
What did most Homo Sapiens paint in their cave art?
a)
hunters and animals
b)
people
c)
houses
d)
landscapes
23.
What was the Ice Age?
a)
A period when early people made tools from stone and bone
b)
A period when stronger weapons were created
c)
A period when dinosaurs died out
d)
A period when much of the earth's water was frozen in glaciers 
24.
Later humans made clothes from?
a)
cotton
b)
silk
c)
wool
d)
animal skins
25.

Which are NOT innovations used by early humans during the Stone and Ice Ages?

a)

stone axes

b)

fish hooks

c)

bow and arrows

d)

iron weapons

26.

What is the Paleolithic Age?

a)

New Stone Age

b)

Old Stone Age

c)

Time of dinosaurs

d)

When people started using metal

27.

What is the Neolithic Age?

a)

New Stone Age

b)

Old Stone Age

c)

Time of the dinosaurs

d)

When people started using metal

28.

What event began the Neolithic Age?

a)

The use of writing

b)

Farming and permanent settlements

c)

Spoken language

d)

Domesticating dogs

29.

Why was fire important?

a)

It cooks meat and makes digestion easier

b)

It makes light

c)

Protection from animals

d)

Provides warmth

e)

All of the above

30.

Does this picture represent Paleolithic or Neolithic people?

a)

Paleolithic because they have temporary shelters and hunter-gatherers

b)

Neolithic because they have permanent shelters and farming

c)

Neither

31.

It is the process of growing plants and raising animals for food, clothing, and other useful products.

a)

Agriculture

b)

Animal Science

c)

Agricultural Engineering

d)

Agricultural Science

32.
Agriculture is best defined as 
a)
the hunting and gathering
b)
the altering genetic material of plants
c)
the cultivation of plants/domesticating animals
d)
using technology to increase production
33.

Irrigation means..........................

a)

growing new plants in the desert.

b)

using the date palm trees to build houses.

c)

putting water on to dry land so that crops will grow well.

34.

During Neolithic times, people engaged in _______________________ of the land and _______________________ of animals and plants. Because people could now grown their own food, known as farming or _______________________, they were able to establish permanent settles, develop many _______________________, or improvements, to make their lives easier.

a)

innovations, shelters, cultivation, migration

b)

settlements, cultivation, innovations, shelter

c)

cultivation, migration, shelters, domestication

d)

cultivation, domestication, agriculture, innovations

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