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Worksheets1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.6, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 Review
Total questions: 48
Worksheet time: 26mins
How long ago did Otzi live?
About 500 years ago.
Almost 4,000 years ago.
About 2,500 years ago.
Over 5,000 years ago.
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
Paleolithic humans created cave paintings. This is an example of...
music
science
culture
language
What is the process of humans learning to raise and control plants and animals?
paleolithic
hunting and gathering
domestication
nomad
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
Paleolithic cave art typically showed pictures of what?
megafauna
human facial details
plants and large vegetation
boats and chariots
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.
Which animal was the first to be domesticated?
Cat
Pig
Horse
Dog
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
Think about the adaptations Paleolithic people made to survive in changing environmental conditions. What can you infer about their intelligence?
Paleolithic adults were about as smart as two-year-old humans today.
Paleolithic people were about as smart as chimpanzees today.
Paleolithic people were not very intelligent.
Paleolithic people were highly intelligent and creative.
How did the Ice Age make large scale migration to the Americas possible?
it increased the amount of food in North America
it made a drought
it encouraged people to leave the desert conditions in Asia
It created a land bridge between Siberia and North America.
On which continent did early humans first evolve?
North America
Australia
Europe
Africa
The Paleolithic humans made...
metal tools.
wooden tools.
stone tools.
Early humans had to forage for their food, meaning
farming
growing crops
raising sheep and goats
hunting and gathering
How would a change in sea level have affected where people migrated? (Think of our map)
Given people more places to migrate to
Given people fewer places to migrate to
A change in sea level would not have affected where people migrated
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.
What is an oasis?
long period of hot ,dry weather
a fertile, green area of water in a desert
drought
a land bridge
Which word means "Tools and techniques that people use to accomplish things?"
cave art
technology
oasis
megafauna
another word for farming
agriculture
domestication
megalith
hominid
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 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
What is one reason anthropologists and archaeologists study the past (from 1.2, The Elements of Culture)
So that we can hopefully go back in time and change the past.
So that we can be judgmental and talk about how stupid and uncivilized people used to be.
So we can better understand the present and predict the future.
Because the conditions for farming were good, the first civilizations arose
in the mountains
in river valleys
by the sea
in the desert
________ eventually replaced hunting and gathering as the main source of food.
fishing
farming
McDonald's
scavaging
As food became more abundant, fewer people were needed in the fields. As a result, some people
went back to hunting and gathering
started domesticating animals
became artisans, or skilled workers
moved out of the villages
