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Stone Age Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is not an era of the Stone Age?

a)

Paleolithic Era

b)

Mesolithic Era

c)

Copperlithic Era

d)

Neolithic Era

2.

Stone age eras are defined by what?

a)

the tools they made and used

b)

the span of time

c)

the state of the Ice Age

d)

historians just kinda make stuff up

3.

What is true of homo sapiens?

a)

Their brain was a third of the size of ours

b)

Their brain was half of the size of ours

c)

They couldn't create fire

d)

They are the species of modern humans

4.

Early humans needed to advance their tools to be more efficient at...

a)

planting crops

b)

hunting animals

c)

building villages

d)

water travel

5.

Early humans began to migrate from where to find more food and water?

a)

India

b)

Africa

c)

Australia

d)

Asia

6.

Why were early humans nomadic?

a)

They enjoyed new places.

b)

They wanted to see the world.

c)

There were often wars if they stayed too long.

d)

They followed the animals they hunted and the resources they gathered.

7.

Which era was the Old Stone Age?

a)

Paleolithic

b)

Mesolithic

c)

Neolithic

8.

Which Era was the Middle Stone Age?

a)

Paleolithic

b)

Mesolithic

c)

Neolithic

9.

Which Era is the New Stone Age?

a)

Paleolithic

b)

Mesolithic

c)

Neolithic

10.

What is an advantage of hunter-gatherer lifestyles?

a)

More food than needed

b)

Permanent settlements

c)

No large scale food shortage due to a bad plating season

d)

Job specialization

11.

What is an advantage of farming?

a)

Nomadic life to follow herds

b)

Job specialization

c)

Gender equality

d)

No need for war

12.

Agriculture led to the rise of

a)

Villages, settlements, and civilizations

b)

Food shortages

c)

The invention of fire

d)

a female dominated society

13.

In what era did humans begin to use fire?

a)

Paleolithic

b)

Mesolithic

c)

Neolithic

14.

In what era did humans invent the wheel?

a)

Paleolithic

b)

Mesolithic

c)

Neolithic

15.

In what era did people begin to sew?

a)

Paleolithic

b)

Mesolithic

c)

Neolithic

16.

In what era did people begin to create cave art?

a)

Paleolithic

b)

Mesolithic

c)

Neolithic

17.

In what era did humans begin to use agriculture?

a)

Paleolithic

b)

Mesolithic

c)

Neolithic

18.

What event spurred humans to need to change their tools from simple tools to more complex tools (Paleolithic to Mesolithic)?

a)

The death of Otzi

b)

The migration from Africa

c)

The Ice Age

d)

The creation of fire

19.

What was not a result of the Ice Age?

a)

Tools needed to become more efficient.

b)

Food and water was scarce.

c)

Humans needed to move to find more resources.

d)

The human race was wiped out.

20.

What was not a kind of hominid?

a)

Homo Habilis

b)

Homo Erectus

c)

Australopithecus

d)

Australians