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Chapter 3- Early Humans

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Paleolithic Era

a)

New Stone Age

b)

Middle Stone Age

c)

Old Stone Age

d)

Worked with Bronze

2.

What is specialization?

a)

A place where people worship

b)

The act of training for a particular job

c)

The making, buying, and selling of goods

d)

Tame animals for human use

3.

A time when glaciers covered much of the land.

a)

Modern Era

b)

Middle Ages

c)

The Renaissance

d)

Ice Ages

4.

What type of homes did Nomads have?

a)

Temporary

b)

Permanent

5.

What does it mean to domesticate?

a)

to tame animals for human use

b)

to grow food on a regular basis

c)

to train for a particular job

d)

to move from place to place for survival

6.

What year did the Paleolithic Era end?

a)

2.5 Million years ago

b)

2000 B.C

c)

8000 B.C

d)

A.D. 1

7.

True or False: Men and women had equal roles in society during the Paleolithic Era

a)

True

b)

False

8.

What is a place where people worship called?

a)

Domesticate

b)

Monarch

c)

Shrine

d)

Oligarch

9.

Deals with the making, buying, and selling of goods

a)

Nomads

b)

Systematic agriculture

c)

Economy

d)

Monarchy

10.

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

11.

Which of the following was a significant technological breakthrough that occurred during the Paleolithic era?

a)

the use of coins as money

b)

the ability to create fire

c)

the invention of the wheel

d)

the use of writing

12.

a large, hairy, extinct animal related to modern-day elephants

a)

King Louis XIV

b)

Elephant

c)

Saber-tooth tiger

d)

Woolly mammoth

13.

A nomad is someone who travels around instead of settling in one place. Which of the following sentences best describes why early humans were nomadic?

a)

They followed the movement of the animals they hunted.

b)

They didn’t have the wealth necessary to build a city.

c)

It was too dangerous to stay in one place too long.

d)

They moved around to stay away from their enemies.

14.

Humans’ main source of food during the early Paleolithic Era was

a)

from farming and growing crops.

b)

from the sea.

c)

from raising livestock and cattle.

d)

from hunting and gathering.

15.

What kind of images are shown in the Paleolithic wall paintings?

a)

Animals and religious rituals

b)

Natural forces

c)

Animals and humans

d)

Supernatural forces

16.

Which of the following is a way that early people adapted to living in a cold climate?

a)

They built houses out of stone.

b)

They lived close to water.

c)

They stayed inside.

d)

They made clothes from animal skins.

17.

The last Ice Age ended ______.

a)

around 100,000 b.c.

b)

between about 9000 and 8000 b.c.

c)

around 4000 b.c.

d)

about 2.5 million years ago

18.

What do you think was the purpose for this tool during the Paleolithic Era?

a)

Knife used for cutting

b)

Blades for hunting animals

c)

Fish hooks

d)

Needles to sew clothing

19.

This is a Paleolithic cave painting of what animal?

a)

Bison

b)

Rhino

c)

Big cats

d)

Horse

20.

This is a Paleolithic cave painting of what animal?

a)

Woolly Mammoth

b)

Bison

c)

Rhino

d)

Big cat

21.

What does the purple represent in this picture?

a)

Tectonic plates

b)

Water

c)

Volcanic activity

d)

Land bridge

22.

A government whose ruler, a king or queen, inherits the position from a parent

a)

Monarchy

b)

Economy

c)

Locate

d)

Neolithic