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WorksheetsPaleolithic/Neolithic Unit Review
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 23mins
What was a characteristic of the last Ice Age?
glaciers covered much of northern Europe and North America
humans built cities
the seven continents drifted together
all life on earth was killed by ice
When was the last Ice age?
20,000-12,000 BCE
18,000-10,000 BCE
10,000-2,000 BCE
1920-1928 CE
What is a fossil?
a type of gasoline in modern cars
a lava rocks like obsidian that were used as tools by paleolithic humans
remains, such as bones and teeth, of animals and organisms that lived long ago
human made objects such as stone tools
What are artifacts?
old glaciers from the last Ice Age
alien rocks like meteors that crashed on earth
the remains of humans that fossilized
human-made objects such as stone tools
How old are the oldest homo sapien skulls, which indicates our particular human species is "relatively" recent, since life began hundreds of millions of years ago.
2.5 million years old
10 million years old
195,000 years old
90,000 years old.
On which continents to the first humans evolve?
Europe
North America
Africa
Asia
What does paleolithic mean? (as in Paleolithic Age)
old stone
new stone
medieval
renaissance
What is NOT an element of culture?
law and government
religion or spirituality
music and language
having 10 fingers
Paleolithic humans created cave paintings. This is an example of...
music
science
culture
language
The Neolithic Age starts after the ____________ Age.
Mesolithic
Minor Stone
Middle Stone
Paleolithic
What change began the Neolithic Age?
hunting
farming
trading
building
What is another name for the Neolithic Age?
Stone Age
New Stone Age
Old Stone Age
The Ice Age
Where did the first civilizations rise?
near rivers
near mountains
North America
Near a sea
What event probably motivated homo sapiens to move out of East Africa between 100,000-75,000 BCE?
an earthquake
a flood
a drought
a fire
What is megafauna?
large plants
large computer chips
only large deer
large animals
What was the name of the ancient land bridge that connected the continents of Asia and North America?
Beringia
Bora Bora
Brasilia
Big Bridge
What is the process of humans learning to raise and control plants and animals?
paleolithic
hunting and gathering
domestication
nomad
Which continent has the oldest fossil (human bones) site?
Africa
Europe
Asia
Australia
How is a fossil different from an artifact?
A fossil is the remains of a long-ago organism, while an artifact is a human-made object.
A fossil is a type of tool, while an artifact is a human-made object.
A fossil is a nomad, and an artifact is a farmer.
A fossil is a dinosaur, and an artifact is a mammal.
Which of the following is an important way that hunter-gatherers got food?
raising animals such as goats
making flour from wheat
gathering fruits and nuts
growing vegetables
What's an example of megafauna?
human bones
growing plants
artifacts
saber-toothed cat
How did Jeffrey Rose show that paleolithic humans did NOT follow the coastlines out of Africa?
by NOT finding paleolithic rock tools in caves near the coast.
by finding paleolithic rock tools in caves near the coast
by finding Nubian points in the African continent (modern Egypt)
by finding Nubian points in South America
Paleolithic cave art typically showed pictures of what?
megafauna
human facial details
plants and large vegetation
boats and chariots
What's one reason agricultural communities thrived?
birth rates doubled
hunting and gathering was healthy
they had fewer diseases than hunter gatherers
they learned how to use fire
What Neolithic technology grinds grains into flour?
domestication
hammer
sickle
millstone
Which of the following is a characteristic of CULTURE of some early humans?
They buried their dead.
They lived during the Paleolithic Age.
The built complex cities.
They were able to run long distances.
