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Early Humans

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Early humans were

a)

farmers

b)

hunter-gathers

c)

sailors

2.

Modern humans developed in Africa

a)

2 million years ago

b)

200, 000 years ago

c)

20 million years ago

3.

Early humans hunted

a)

megadeer

b)

elephants

c)

megasaurus

d)

megafauna

4.

Scientists believe early man lived in ____ before spreading out to the rest of the world.

a)

Africa

b)

Europe

c)

Asia

d)

Australia

5.

The last continent early humans migrated to was...

a)

North America`

b)

Greenland

c)

Australia

d)

South America

6.

The ice age transformed Africa's forests into grasslands.

a)

true

b)

false

7.
a member of a wandering pastoral people
a)
Wanderer
b)
Nomad
c)
Hitchhiker
d)
Lucy
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.
Which of the following is NOT an example of an artifact?
a)
clay pot
b)
animal bones
c)
stone spear
d)
arrow head
10.
Which of the following is NOT a reason people migrated during the Stone Age?
a)
They followed herds of animals.
b)
They searched for new communities to trade with.
c)
They wanted to find warmer climates.
d)
They were looking for new sources of food.
11.
Which of the following best defines a land bridge?
a)
mammoth bones laid out over a body of water
b)
a mountain range beside a body of water
c)
a strip of land connecting two continents
d)
a strip of coast along a rocky shore
12.
A time of long periods of freezing weather is known as the
a)
Ice Age
b)
Stone Age
c)
Bronze Age
d)
Climate Age
13.
The earliest humans lived 
a)
by hunting and gathering their food
b)
alone or in pairs
c)
as herders of sheep and other livestock
d)
in farming villages along rivers
14.

A person who moves from place to place in search of food.

a)

Pull Factors

b)

Nomad

c)

Domestication

d)

Secondary Source

15.

What is technology?

a)

Tools and techniques that people use to accomplish things.

b)

iPads and computers

c)

Electronics

d)

Skills and knowledge that people use to waste time

16.

The impact on the planet due to global warming is called...

a)

climate change

b)

the seasons

c)

the weather

d)

natural change

17.

What is an archeologist?

a)

A person that studies the past using fossils and artifacts.

b)

To tame wild animals and plants.

c)

The first known group of people that domesticated animals.

d)

A way of farming and agriculture.

18.
Why did early humans move from place to place?
a)
Following animal migration
b)
Following the Wind
c)
Following Bugs
d)
to hang out with
Mrs. Johnson
19.

Native Americans were indigenous to the Americas. Indigenous means

a)

original inhabitants

b)

migrant inhabitants

c)

nomadic inhabitants

20.

With the development of farming and writing, groups became permanent civilizations. Civilization means

a)

hunter gatherer tribes

b)

caveman clans

c)

advanced societies