What are the approximate start and end dates of the Paleolithic Age?

2,000,000 B.C.E. to 8000 B.C.E.

What are the capabilities of homo habilis?

They were the first hominin to use tools.

What are the capabilities of homo erectus?

They were the first hominin to use fire

What is tricky about learning what happened in prehistoric times?

There was no written language for us to read what happened

What have social scientists NOT been able to learn from prehistoric cave art?

What it actually means, because there was no written language

What are the capabilities of homo neanderthalensis?

They had some complex stone tools, and a sense of RITUAL.

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1
What does C.E. mean?
Cannot Exist
Cats Excellent
Common Era
Come Everyone
2
An arc -shaped region in Southwest Asia, with rich soil.
The Grand Canyon
The Fertile Crescent
The Great Plains
Green Valley
3
What are the approximate start and end dates of the Paleolithic Age?
36 B.C.E. to 476 C.E.
1776 C.E. to 2023 C.E.
2,000,000 B.C.E. to 8000 B.C.E.
8000 B.C.E. to 3000 B.C.E.
4
What are the capabilities of homo sapiens?
They had big brains.
They were the first hominins to migrate to every continent
They definitely had a spoken language
All of these.
5
The invention of agriculture did what for their food supply?
It allowed people to grow and have more than enough food.
It allowed for people quit being hunter-gatherers.
All of these.
It allowed people access to many different types of food.
6
To train a wild animal to be useful to humans
Domesticate
Capitalism
Agriculture
Bartering
7
What does A.D. mean?
Another Day
Awesome Dude
After Death
Anno Domini
8
Approximately what year did people learn to grow crops and raise animals?
8000 B.C.E.
In the year 2000
1200 B.C.E.
1972 C.E.
9
A scientist who studies human development.
Anthropologist
Archaeologist
Historian
Geographer
10
What have social scientists been able to learn from prehistoric cave art?
All of these.
Perhaps it had religious or spiritual meaning.
Perhaps it is telling a story.
Perhaps it was just art or decoration.
11
Before written history.
Modern history
Ancient History
Medieval History
Prehistoric
12
What was invented at the beginning of the Neolithic Age?
Apple iPod
The steam engine
Agriculture
Metallurgy
13
The business of farming; growing crops and raising animals.
Trading
Agriculture
Capitalism
Bartering
14
An early anscestor of humans
Hominin
Orangutan
Megalodon
Meerkat
15
What are the capabilities of homo habilis?
There were the first hominin to invent farming.
They were the first hominin to have a written language.
They were the first hominin to use tools.
They were the first hominin to use fire
16
What are the capabilities of homo erectus?
They were the first hominin to use fire
They were the first hominin to have a written language.
They were the first hominin to use tools.
There were the first hominin to invent farming.
17
An object made or used by people in the past.
Classic
Treasure
Junk
Artifact
18
What is tricky about learning what happened in prehistoric times?
Ancient Aliens
People had not evolved enough to tell us what happened
There was no written language for us to read what happened
We weren't there to see what happened
19
The further back in time we go in B.C.E. the years (numbers) get bigger.
True
False
20
What have social scientists NOT been able to learn from prehistoric cave art?
Perhaps it had religious or spiritual meaning.
What it actually means, because there was no written language
Perhaps it is telling a story.
Perhaps it was just art or decoration.
21
An expert who studies and records the past.
Anthropologist
Archaeologist
Historian
Geographer
22
One who moves from place to place with no permanent home.
Nomad
Vagabond
Traveler
Adventurer
23
Which was the first hominin to migrate out of Africa
Homo erectus
Neanderthals
Homer Simpson
Homo sapiens
24
What was life like for humans in the Paleolithic Age.
They lived in villages as farmers
They lived as hunter-gatherers
They never left Africa
Very easy
25
The invention of agriculture did what for shelter?
All of these.
It allowed people to be safe from predators.
It allowed people to be safe from harsh weather.
It allowed people to settle in one place.
26
On which continent can ALL hominins trace their roots?
Australia
Asia
Africa
Antarctica
27
An expert who studies the past by examining objects that people have left behind.
Archaeologist
Historian
Geographer
Anthropologist
28
The invention of agriculture did what for trade?
It allowed people to exchange items they had for items they did not have.
All of these.
It allowed for the exchange of ideas.
It allowed for the exchange of knowledge.
29
What does B.C. mean?
Before Cats
Before Cows
Before Common
Before Christ
30
An expert who studies and creates maps of Earth's natural and human-made features
Archaeologist
Historian
Anthropologist
Geographer
31
The invention of agriculture did what for jobs?
All of these.
It allowed for people to be more creative.
It allowed people to have specialized jobs, besides hunting and gathering.
It freed our big brains of worrying about survival, allowing for invention
32
What are the capabilities of homo neanderthalensis?
They had some complex stone tools, and a sense of RITUAL.
They were the first hominin to have a written language.
They were the first hominin to use tools.
They were the first hominin to use fire
33
What does B.C.E. mean?
Before Christmas Eve
Better Change Everything
Best Common Existence
Before Common Era
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The invention of agriculture did what for communities?
It allowed for people to better defend themselves.
It allowed for larger populations.
All of these.
It allowed people to live in towns and villages.

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