The Stone Ages and Early Cultures

Which of the following happened first?

The Middle Stone Age is also called the

another name for farming

Which statement best defines the Neolithic Revolution?

Historians call the shift from food gathering to food producing the _______ Revolution.

Scientists are not exactly sure when or where the first modern humans lived.

Which of the following best defines a land bridge?

Tools became more complex during the Middle Stone Age.

meaning to move

To study prehistory, historians rely on the work of archaeologist and __________.

Early people believed in gods such as the thunder god.

Which of these statements about people in hunter-gatherer societies is NOT true?

The region of the world that was likely occupied last by early humans was

name means "southern ape"

In Central Asia, where wood was scarce, what did people use to make homes?

Scientists believe language developed in the Stone Age for all the following reasons EXCEPT

a time of long periods of freezing weather

Another name for the Paleolithic Era is the New Stone Age.

type of bone used to build early houses

Gathering of wild plants, seeds, fruits, and nuts was mostly done by __________.

The ice ages led to people migrating to all parts of the world.

Animal skins were _________ to help keep people warm.

Which of the following BEST defines society?

People began to build permanent homes using materials such as wood, stone, and even ________.

What is the scientific name for modern humans?

What effect did the ice ages have on early humans?

Wild herds are an example of the domestication of animals.

a relative who lived in the past

Hunter-gatherer societies in the OLD Stone Age possessed all of the following EXCEPT

Early people probably believed in gods and goddesses from the following EXCEPT

Anthropologist who found the bones of "Lucy" in 1974.

Archaeologist who believed that bones found in East Africa in 1959 belonged to hominids.

People made cloth and clothing from all of the following EXCEPT

The most important development of early Stone Age was the ability to communicate through art.

Simple tools like _______ were used for about 2 million years.

the process of changing plants or animals to make them more useful to humans

Which of the following contributed MOST to early people's ability to produce food?

By 9000 BC, people lived on all continents EXCEPT ________.

Using large animals greatly improved the ability of people to _________.

Which of the following defines a hominid?