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SOL Review - Paleolithic Era

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 52mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
On what continent did the earliest humans live?
a)
Africa
b)
North America 
c)
Europe
d)
Asia
2.
The species name for Modern Human is what?
a)
Homo Sapiens Sapiens
b)
Homo Erectus
c)
Homo Habilis
d)
Neanderthal 
3.
What is one of the most important discoveries of early man?
a)
Fire
b)
Tools
c)
Electricity
d)
Caves as shelters
4.
This species was nicknamed "Wise Man"?
a)
homo sapiens
b)
austrapolithecus
c)
homo erectus
d)
homo habilis
5.
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
6.
Hominid known as "upright walking human."
a)
Cro-Magnon
b)
Australopithecus 
c)
Neanderthal
d)
Homo erectus 
7.
This Australopithecus was the first ever discovered. 
a)
Otzi
b)
Ardi
c)
Lucy
d)
Culture II
8.
The largest and strongest of the hominids, they also had the largest skull.
a)
Homo sapien
b)
Neanderthal
c)
Homo erectus
d)
Homo habilis 
9.
These were the first to use tools.
a)
Australopthecus
b)
Cro-Magnon
c)
Homo Habilis
d)
Homo Erectus 
10.

Where did Homo Sapiens go first when they left Africa?

a)

Northeast, towards Europe

b)

South, towards Australia

c)

West towards North America

d)

Southwest towards South America

11.

What happened in the neolithic Era?

a)

People began hunting bigger animals

b)

People started living as nomads.

c)

People began living in farming communities

d)

People began eating veggies only

12.

What type of fossils did Homo Sapiens use to kill animals?

a)

Short swords made of steel

b)

Long swords made of steel

c)

Guns with bullets

d)

Sharp stones and metals called flint

13.

What is C.E. and BCE referred to as?

a)

Before Death & After Death

b)

Before Common Era & Common Era

c)

Before Cooking Era & Cooking Era

d)

Before Common People & After Common People

14.

What was another name for the "Neolithic Era?"

a)

The Building Age

b)

The Rock Age

c)

The Stone Age

d)

The Brick Age

15.

What were the Paleolithic tools?

a)

Metals and Guns

b)

Stones and Rocks

c)

Bullets and Guns

d)

Metal and Stones

16.

How did Nomads survive during the Paleolithic Era?

a)

They were farmers and planted crops

b)

They had a home

c)

They were hunters and gatherers

d)

They never survived

17.

What made people stop being nomads and start being farmers?

a)

Small nomadic communities started growing in size

b)

They were being guided by the Gods

c)

People found the farming lifestyle more convenient.

d)

All answers are true

18.

As humans grew crops, what did they depend on for them to grow?

a)

They depended on the sun.

b)

They depended on rain.

c)

They depended on the Gods.

d)

They depended on Mother Nature

19.

What was the first technology in the Neolithic Era?

a)

Stone Tools

b)

Fire

c)

Irrigation

d)

Rocks

20.

How many people lived in Paleolithic Communities?

a)

Less than 10.

b)

More than 1,000,000 people

c)

More than a 1000 people

d)

Less than a 100 people

21.

Where is Stonehenge located?

a)

East Africa

b)

England

c)

Scotland

d)

Greece

22.

What was the general location of the oldest hominid discoveries?

a)

East Africa

b)

England

c)

Spain

d)

North America