WorksheetsEarly Human Review
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 19mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
1. Which of the following is in chronological order?
a)
A. Mesolithic Era, Paleoltihic Era, Neolithic Era
b)
B. Paleolithic Era, Mesolithic Era, Neolithic Era
c)
C. Neolithic Era, Paleolithic Era, Mesolithic Era
d)
Paleolithic Era, Neolithic Era, Mesolithic Era
2.
2. The earliest humans lived:
a)
A. By hunting and gathering their food
b)
B. As herders of sheep and livestock
c)
C. Alone or in pairs
d)
D. In farming villages along rivers and streams
3.
3. The development of farming brought all of the following changes to the lives of early humans except:
a)
A. the first human-made shelter
b)
B. a larger supply of food
c)
C. the construction of permanent settlement
d)
D. new types of clothing
4.
4. The migration of the Early Man first lead them to:
a)
A. Africa & Europe
b)
B. Asia & Austria
c)
C. North America & South America
d)
D. Europe & Asia
5.
5. Prehistory is:
a)
A. a word made up by your teacher
b)
B. a them period where civilizations first started
c)
C. a time period when history was first written
d)
D. a time period before a written record
6.
6. An early ancestor of humans:
a)
A. Hominid
b)
B. Ancestor
c)
C. Hunter-Gatherers
d)
D. Megaliths
7.
7. People who hunt animals and gather wild plants, seeds, fruits, and nuts to survive.
a)
A. Hominid
b)
B. Ancestor
c)
C. Hunter-Gatherer
d)
D. Megalith
8.
8. A relative who lived in the past.
a)
A. Hominid
b)
B. Ancestor
c)
C. Hunter-Gatherer
d)
D. Megalith
9.
9. What was the Neolithic Revolution?
a)
A. The change from hunter-gathering to farming
b)
B. Setting up Permanent Settlement
c)
C. Farming and Domestication
d)
D. All of the Above
10.
10. What is the earliest date on the timeline?
a)
A. 5000 BC
b)
B. 8000 BC
c)
C. 33,000 BC
d)
D. 500,000 BC
11.
11. How many years separate the time when humans frist learned to control fire and when the domestication of animals takes place?
a)
A. 5000 years
b)
B. 491,000 years
c)
C. 509,000 years
d)
D. 100 years
12.
12. How many years separate the time when the domestication of animals first takes place to the time of larger farm settlements like Catal Huyuk?
a)
A. 5000 years
b)
B. 491,000 years
c)
C. 2000 years
d)
D. 16,000 years
13.
13. During the _______________________, or New Stone Age, people learned to polish stones to make tools like saws and drills, they learned to make fire, and they learned how to produce food.
a)
A. Domestication
b)
B. Agriculture
c)
C. Megaliths
d)
D. Neolithic Era
14.
14. With the development of ___________________, or farming, people could produce their own food.
a)
A. Domestication
b)
B. Agriculture
c)
C. Megaliths
d)
D. Neolithic Era
15.
15. With ________ more certain, people could focus on activities other than finding food.
a)
A. Agriculture
b)
B. Ancestors
c)
C. Hunting
d)
D. Survival
16.
16. During the ______________________, people made tools out of bone and antler that were smaller and more complex than those made during the Old Stone Age.
a)
A. Paleolithic Era
b)
B. Mesolithic Era
c)
C. Neolithic Era
d)
D. Eidsonlithic Era
17.
17. During the ____________________________, huge sheets of ice were formed from ocean water, leaving ocean levels lower than they are now.
a)
A. Ice Age
b)
B. Stone Age
c)
C. Eras Tour
d)
D. Neolithic Revolution
18.
18. A ________________ is a strip of land connecting two continents.
a)
A. Megolith
b)
B. Ice Bridge
c)
C. Land Bridge
d)
D. Ocean
19.
19. Hunter-gatherer societies in the Old Stone Age possessed all of the following except:
a)
A. Fire
b)
B. Art
c)
C. Bone Tools
d)
D. Religous Beliefs
20.
20. Humans who lived in the Paleothic Era
a)
A. Began to settle and remain in one place.
b)
B. Developed a warrior class.
c)
C. Were nomads
d)
D. All of the Above
21.
The best way to describe the Paleolithic people and their way of life is by calling them
a)
artifacts
b)
hominids
c)
nomads
d)
prehistoric
22.
Which of the following would you most likely find in the Paleolithic Era?
a)
jewelry made of smooth stones
b)
farms
c)
cave paintings
d)
domesticated animals
23.
The period of time before written history is known as
a)
B.C.
b)
ancient history
c)
prehistory
d)
B.C.E.
24.
Why is this period of time known as the Stone Age?
a)
People preferred using stones to build shelter
b)
Everybody lived in caves
c)
Tools were mostly made from stone
d)
The climate was always cold
25.
The Paleolithic Age is also known as this:
a)
New Stone Age
b)
Age of Discovery
c)
Age of Enlightenment
d)
Old Stone Age
26.
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.
27.
What term describes Paleolithic man?
a)
Farmer
b)
Hunter-gatherer
c)
Renaissance Man
d)
New Stone Age Man
28.
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
29.
The first humans were found in....
a)
America
b)
Earth
c)
Asia
d)
Africa
30.
The ____________________ period is also called the Middle Stone Age. It refers to the time before the Neolithic period and the time after the paleolithic period.
a)
Mesolithic Period
b)
Neolithic Period
c)
Paleolithic Period
d)
Prehistory
31.
Match the following vocabulary with the correct definition-
a)
Nomad
1.
Moves from place to place
b)
Paleolithic
2.
Old Stone Age; hunter-gatherers
c)
Domestication
3.
Taming animals
d)
Prehistory
4.
Time before writing
e)
Neolithic
5.
New Stone Age; agriculture begins
32.
a)
Paloelithic
1.
Old Stone Age
b)
Neolithic
2.
New Stone
c)
Agriculture
3.
farming
33.
People who hunt animals and gather wild plants to acquire food are called (a) . They travel to follow the food and do not have a permanent home, so they are (b) .
Choose from the below words
hunter-gatherers
nomads
society
agriculture
population
farmers
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