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WorksheetsEarly Humans Learning
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 50mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
This time period began when people began to farm: growing crops and raising animals.
a)
Paleolithic Age
b)
Neolithic Age
2.
This time period began about 8000 BCE and lasted til about 3000 BCE.
a)
Paleolithic Age
b)
Neolithic Age
3.
This time period began about two million years ago and ended about 8000 BCE.
a)
Paleolithic Age
b)
Neolithic Age
4.
This time period ended when people began making tools out of metal.
a)
Paleolithic Age
b)
Neolithic Age
5.
During this time period, people got food from hunting wild animals and gathering wild plants to eat.
a)
Paleolithic Age
b)
Neolithic Age
6.
During this time period, people did NOT have a stable food supply.
a)
Paleolithic Age
b)
Neolithic Age
7.
During this time period, people raised sheep, goats and cattle for meat and / or milk.
a)
Paleolithic Age
b)
Neolithic Age
8.
During this time period, people raised mules to carry heavy loads.
a)
Paleolithic Age
b)
Neolithic Age
9.
During this time period, people had some control over their food supply.
a)
Paleolithic Age
b)
Neolithic Age
10.
During this time period, people lived in caves or tent-like structures.
a)
Paleolithic Age
b)
Neolithic Age
11.
During this time period, the people were nomads.
a)
Paleolithic Age
b)
Neolithic Age
12.
During this time period, people built shelters that were more permanent.
a)
Paleolithic Age
b)
Neolithic Age
13.
During this time period, people stored food in the floor & developed new ways to cook.
a)
Paleolithic Age
b)
Neolithic Age
14.
During this time period, people lived in groups of 20-60.
a)
Paleolithic Age
b)
Neolithic Age
15.
During this time period, people lived in groups of 100 - 150.
a)
Paleolithic Age
b)
Neolithic Age
16.
The main job was to find enough food for survival.
a)
Paleolithic Age
b)
Neolithic Age
17.
During this time period, jobs included weavers, basket makers, tool makers and traders.
a)
Paleolithic Age
b)
Neolithic Age
18.
During this time period, people rarely traded nor interacted with other groups.
a)
Paleolithic Age
b)
Neolithic Age
19.
During this time period, people just used whatever resources were nearby.
a)
Paleolithic Age
b)
Neolithic Age
20.
During this time period, people exchanged goods such as flint, obsidian, shell ornaments and hematite.
a)
Paleolithic Age
b)
Neolithic Age
21.
Which best describes the nomadic lifestyle of the Paleolithic people?
a)
They lived in large villages, where they raised crops and livestock.
b)
They migrated, or moved, from place to place
c)
They stayed in one place, living in caves and beneath rock shelters.
d)
They lived in small villages and farmed the land.
22.
Which statement best describes hunters and gatherers?
a)
They followed animal herds and gathered fruits, berries, etc along the way.
b)
The tools they made from metal helped them to survive.
c)
They domesticated animals to help with daily activities.
d)
They developed ways to bring water to their crops.
23.
What did the hunters and gatherers have to develop before they could effectively work together?
a)
tools
b)
language
c)
fire
d)
domestication of animals
24.
What was the most common reason in which ancient people chose to migrate, or move from place to place?
a)
They needed to find employment and an income
b)
To find resources such as food and shelter
c)
To explore the world.
d)
They needed to find better transportation.
25.
What is the greatest change between the Paleolithic and Neolithic cultures?
a)
the shelters people used
b)
the way people got food for themselves
c)
the tools people used
d)
the clothes people wore
26.
Which statement best describes the Neolithic people?
a)
They lived in caves or built simple shelters.
b)
They migrated from place to place to hunt animals for food.
c)
They could settle in one place because they had a reliable food supply.
d)
They used simple tools made from stone.
27.
Which statement best explains the greatest effect the emergence of agriculture had on early societies?
a)
The population steadily decreased.
b)
People were not able to specialize in just one trade.
c)
Agriculture made it harder to find food.
d)
The population steadily increased.
28.
Which statement is true?
a)
During the Neolithic Era people migrated from place to place.
b)
During the Paleolithic Era people migrated from place to place.
c)
During the Neolithic Era people developed language.
d)
During the Paleolithic Era people used animals to help with farming.
29.
How did the start of farming change early human tribes?
a)
It forced them to stay in one place and build villages and cities.
b)
It caused them to continue to hunt animals and gather plants.
c)
It ended fighting between the tribes for land.
d)
It stopped them from building temples for their gods.
30.
What were the effects of the Neolithic Revolution?
a)
Surplus Food Supply
b)
Specialization of Jobs
c)
Permanent Settlements
d)
All of the above
31.
The Neolithic Revolution refers to the time when early humans-
a)
mastered fire.
b)
developed agriculture.
c)
migrated from Africa.
d)
organized governments
32.
Which statement is true?
a)
Paleolithic people never migrated to the Americas.
b)
The Americas were completely covered by ice during the Pleistocene (Ice Age).
c)
Scientist believe that Paleolithic people most likely walked across a land bridge to get from Asia to the Americas.
d)
The only way to reach the Americas during the Pleistocene (Ice Age) was by boat.
33.
Which continent were the earliest humans originally from?
a)
Africa
b)
Australia
c)
North America
d)
South America
34.
Which of the following best describes 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 coast along a rocky shore
d)
a strip of land connecting two continents
35.
What made specialization possible?
a)
The knowledge of how to grow crops.
b)
The farming surplus.
c)
organized government.
d)
Traders and merchants.
36.
A monarchy is...
a)
a government ruled by a president
b)
a government ruled by a mayor
c)
a government ruled by a king or queen
d)
a government ruled by Chuck Norris
37.
Time of extreme cold when great sheets of ice covered parts of the earth
a)
Bronze Age
b)
Ice Age
c)
Stone Age
d)
Golden Age
38.
The early period of human history
a)
Iron Age
b)
Bronze Age
c)
Ancient Age
d)
Stone Age
39.
The development of stone tools is an example of
a)
Art
b)
Weponary
c)
Farming
d)
Technology
40.
What is another name for the Paleolithic Age?
a)
Old Stone Age
b)
New Stone Age
c)
Age of the Cavemen
d)
Age of Mr. Starry
41.
True or False: Paleolithic people discovered fire
a)
True
b)
False
42.
What does prehistory mean?
a)
The time before time.
b)
The time period before writing/recording of events.
c)
Previous history.
43.
What are three characteristics of the Paleolithic Age? Choose the BEST choice!
a)
Hunting and gathering, Nomadic, uncivilized.
b)
Hunting and gathering.
c)
Nomadic warderers.
d)
Farmers and Herders.
44.
What are artifacts?
a)
Are remains of living things (plants, animals, people).
b)
They are a type of food.
c)
Are remains of things that were made (tools).
45.
What are fossils?
a)
Are remains of living things (plants, animals, people).
b)
They are a type of food.
c)
Are remains of things that were made (tools).
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