WorksheetsPaleolithic Early Humans
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What does Paleolithic mean?
a)
old stone age
b)
new stone age
2.
True or False: Paleolithic people were hunters and gatherers.
a)
true
b)
false
3.
What does nomadic mean?
a)
people stayed in one place to farm
b)
people moved around in search of resources
4.
Which were characteristics does NOT describe Paleolithic society:
a)
cave art
b)
developed an oral language
c)
lived in clans
d)
used advanced tools
5.
What were 2 things that were considered the first tools of the Paleolithic people?
a)
simple weapons and fire
b)
farming tools and mud bricks
6.
What was the most common reason in which ancient people chose to migrate, or move from place to place?
a)
They needed to find employment and an income
b)
To find resources such as food and shelter
c)
To explore the world.
d)
They needed to find better transportation.
7.
Scientists divide the Stone Ages into periods based on which of the following?
a)
the types of animals that lived
b)
the development of agriculture
c)
the types of tools used by people
d)
the type of clothes worn by people
8.
Which of the following would you most likely find in the Paleolithic Era?
a)
jewelry made of smooth stones
b)
farms
c)
cave paintings
d)
domesticated animals
9.
Which of the following describes how the earliest humans lived?
a)
by hunting and gathering food
b)
by herding sheep and other live stock
c)
alone or in pairs
d)
in farming villages along streams and rivers
10.
What was the main role women played in Paleolithic society?
a)
Women gathered wild plants for food.
b)
Women hunted animals for food.
c)
Women planted seeds for food.
d)
Women domesticated animals for food.
11.
What did the hunters and gatherers have to develop before they could effectively work together?
a)
tools
b)
language
c)
fire
d)
domestication of animals
12.
An object created by and used by living things.
a)
Artifact
b)
Culture
c)
Archeology
d)
Climate
13.
Moving to follow animal herds or better climates is known as:
a)
Modification
b)
Intergration
c)
Doestication
d)
Migration
14.
Handheld objects that are modified to help a person accomplish a task.
a)
Climate
b)
Culture
c)
Tools
d)
Prehistory
15.
The study of the past based on what people left behind.
a)
Geography
b)
Archeology
c)
Astronomy
d)
Biography
16.
The study of earth's physical features.
a)
Geography
b)
Archeology
c)
Astronomy
d)
Biography
17.
In order to express ideas, early humans
a)
wrote letters
b)
painted in caves
c)
played music
d)
posted on Facebook
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