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Stone Ages Review

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Taming plants and animals for human use is called

a)

nomadic

b)

domestication

c)

shrine

d)

adapting

2.

Historians call the time before writing:

a)

prewriting

b)

hominids

c)

domestication

d)

prehistory

3.

The first modern humans are believed to have appeared in:

a)

North America

b)

Australia

c)

Europe

d)

Africa

4.

Long periods of freezing weather is called:

a)

Neolithic Era

b)

Ice Ages

c)

land bridges

d)

surplus

5.

To keep warm, early people sewed animal skins together to make clothes.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

What is the term used to describe the "old" part of the Stone Ages, that began about 2.6 million years ago called? 

a)
Neolithic Era
b)
Paleolithic Era 
c)
Megalithic Era
d)
Evolutionary Era 
7.

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

8.

Paleolithic Era is also knows as the __________

a)

Old Stone Age

b)

New Stone Age

c)

Middle Stone Age

d)

Flintstone Age

9.

Neolithic Era is also known as the __________.

a)

Old Stone Age

b)

New Stone Age

c)

Middle Stone Age

d)

Flintstone Age

10.

What revolutionary change took place during the Neolithic Era?

a)

swimming

b)

using stone tools

c)

hibernation

d)

farming/agriculture

11.
What was fire used for?
a)
To provide light at night
b)
To scare away wild animals
c)
To provide warmth during cold temperatures 
d)
all of the above
12.

What developed during the Neolithic Era that allowed people to settle down in one location?

a)

language

b)

agriculture

c)

art

d)

tools

13.
Which statement best defines the Neolithic Revolution?
a)
major battle fought between people of Asia and Africa.
b)
the shift from food gathering to food producing
c)
the shift from food gathering to hunting
d)
major battle fought between the peoples of Asia.
14.

What effect did the invention of tools have on early humans?

a)

They allowed more animals to graze fields.

b)

They decreased chances for survival.

c)

They increased chances for survival.

d)

They required humans to stand close to animals when hunting.

15.
Why did the hunter-gatherers migrate?
a)
to find more resources
b)
to follow the herds of migrating animals
c)
to discover new lands and better food supplies
d)
all of the above
16.

Effects of the development of agriculture include...

a)

permanent settlements

b)

job specialization

c)

population growth

d)

all of the above

17.

First to create spoken language

a)

Paleolithic Period

b)

Neolithic Period

18.

First to purposely create fire

a)

Paleolithic Period

b)

Neolithic Period

19.

First to create shelters

a)

Paleolithic Period

b)

Neolithic Period

20.

First to create tools

a)

Paleolithic Period

b)

Neolithic Period

21.

First to create permanent settlements

a)

Paleolithic Period

b)

Neolithic Period

22.

First to domesticate plants and animals

a)

Paleolithic Period

b)

Neolithic Period

23.

First to have job specialization

a)

Paleolithic Period

b)

Neolithic Period

24.

How did domestication and agriculture change society? Select all that apply

a)

Population decreased

b)

Towns and villages were created

c)

Governments were created

d)

Trade developed

e)

Job specialization developed

25.

What was the last continent to be reached by early humans?

a)

Asia

b)

Australia

c)

North America

d)

South America

26.

Created the first spoken language

a)

Neolithic Period

b)

Paleolithic Period

27.

The taming of plants and animals is called

a)

technology

b)

domestication

c)

agriculture

d)

specialization

28.

Which of the following is a secondary source?

a)

Speech

b)

Diary

c)

Autobiography

d)

Textbook

29.

Which of the following is a primary source?

a)

Encyclopedia

b)

Biography

c)

Book analysis

d)

Photograph

30.

What abbreviation is used to let the reader know that the date is an estimate?

a)

c.

b)

CE

c)

est.

d)

BCE

31.

Which of the following dates would be listed first on a timeline?

a)

18 BCE

b)

720 BC

c)

1987

d)

CE 264

32.

Which of the following dates is in chronological order?

a)

AD 80 - 75 BC - 79 BC

b)

79 BCE - 75 BC - AD 80

c)

75 BC - 79 BCE - AD 80

d)

75 BC - AD 80 - 79 BCE

33.

We currently use the Julian Calendar.

a)

True

b)

False

34.

The division of tasks amongst people who have certain skills is called

a)

agriculture

b)

job specialization

c)

civilization

d)

neolithic

35.

People who are hunter-gathers...

a)

migrate

b)

farm

c)

domesticate animals

d)

live alone

36.

Man-made items from the past are

a)

artifacts

b)

fossils

c)

natural resources

d)

archaeologists