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WorksheetsStone Ages Review
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 19mins
Taming plants and animals for human use is called
nomadic
domestication
shrine
adapting
Historians call the time before writing:
prewriting
hominids
domestication
prehistory
The first modern humans are believed to have appeared in:
North America
Australia
Europe
Africa
Long periods of freezing weather is called:
Neolithic Era
Ice Ages
land bridges
surplus
To keep warm, early people sewed animal skins together to make clothes.
True
False
What is the term used to describe the "old" part of the Stone Ages, that began about 2.6 million years ago called?
The Ice Age resulted in people crossing a land bridge from which two continents?
Europe to Asia
Asia to North America
Africa to Asia
North America to South America
Paleolithic Era is also knows as the __________
Old Stone Age
New Stone Age
Middle Stone Age
Flintstone Age
Neolithic Era is also known as the __________.
Old Stone Age
New Stone Age
Middle Stone Age
Flintstone Age
What revolutionary change took place during the Neolithic Era?
swimming
using stone tools
hibernation
farming/agriculture
What developed during the Neolithic Era that allowed people to settle down in one location?
language
agriculture
art
tools
What effect did the invention of tools have on early humans?
They allowed more animals to graze fields.
They decreased chances for survival.
They increased chances for survival.
They required humans to stand close to animals when hunting.
Effects of the development of agriculture include...
permanent settlements
job specialization
population growth
all of the above
First to create spoken language
Paleolithic Period
Neolithic Period
First to purposely create fire
Paleolithic Period
Neolithic Period
First to create shelters
Paleolithic Period
Neolithic Period
First to create tools
Paleolithic Period
Neolithic Period
First to create permanent settlements
Paleolithic Period
Neolithic Period
First to domesticate plants and animals
Paleolithic Period
Neolithic Period
First to have job specialization
Paleolithic Period
Neolithic Period
How did domestication and agriculture change society? Select all that apply
Population decreased
Towns and villages were created
Governments were created
Trade developed
Job specialization developed
What was the last continent to be reached by early humans?
Asia
Australia
North America
South America
Created the first spoken language
Neolithic Period
Paleolithic Period
The taming of plants and animals is called
technology
domestication
agriculture
specialization
Which of the following is a secondary source?
Speech
Diary
Autobiography
Textbook
Which of the following is a primary source?
Encyclopedia
Biography
Book analysis
Photograph
What abbreviation is used to let the reader know that the date is an estimate?
c.
CE
est.
BCE
Which of the following dates would be listed first on a timeline?
18 BCE
720 BC
1987
CE 264
Which of the following dates is in chronological order?
AD 80 - 75 BC - 79 BC
79 BCE - 75 BC - AD 80
75 BC - 79 BCE - AD 80
75 BC - AD 80 - 79 BCE
We currently use the Julian Calendar.
True
False
The division of tasks amongst people who have certain skills is called
agriculture
job specialization
civilization
neolithic
People who are hunter-gathers...
migrate
farm
domesticate animals
live alone
Man-made items from the past are
artifacts
fossils
natural resources
archaeologists
