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Chapter 2 The Stone Age and Early Cultures
Chapter 2 The Stone Age and Early Cultures
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Which of the following happened first?
the Ice Age
the Mesolithic Era
the Neolithic Era
the Paleolithic Era
2
Simple tools like ___ were used for about 2 million years.
choppers
cutting
processors
building
3
The work of archaeologists and anthropologists who study ancient bones is important because it
gives information about religious beliefs of early humans
hominids first appeared in China 500,000 years ago
confirms where first modern humans lived
hominids appeared millions of years ago in East Africa
4
The region of the world that was likely occupied last by early humans was
southern Asia
South America
northern Asia
North America
5
Which summarizes why people learned how to make clothes & build shelters after leaving Africa?
needed to trade living spaces with others
needed to trade cloth with other merchants
needed more protection to survive colder areas
needed less protection so survive warmer areas
6
Hunter-gatherer societies in the Old Stone Age had all the following
except
religion
written language
tools
fire
7
Which of the following best describes the advancements of the New Stone Age?
gathering food
using fire to cook food
using tools
using seeds to grow crops
8
The Middle Stone Age is also called the
Ice Age
Neolithic Era
Mesolithic Era
Paleolithic Era
9
Which statement best describes what life was like in the Mesolithic Era?
men/women hunted alone and stayed in 1 area for a long time
people made advances that helped them adapt to new areas
when food/water were scarce people planted crops
men gathered food and stayed in one area for a long time
10
Gathering of wild plants, seeds, fruits, and nuts was mostly done by ____
men and women
men
women
children
11
What was important about Donald Johanson's discovery of Lucy in 1974?
proved hominids lived in East Africa 5,000 years ago
first discovery of ancient bones
pointed to hominids ability to walk upright
proved hominids used tools
12
Name means "southern ape"
Homo erectus
Australopithecus
Homo sapiens
Homo habilis
13
People began to build permanent homes using materials such as wood, stone, and even ___
leaves
skins
fish skins
bones
14
Archaeologists who believed that bones found in East Africa in 1959 belonged to hominids
Stonehenge
Donald Johanson
Mary Leakey
ancestor
15
to move
mammoth
ancestor
ice age
migrate
16
To study prehistory, historians rely on the work of archaeologists and ____
hominids
Australopithecus
humans
anthropologists
17
By 9000 B.C., people lived on all continents except ___
Antarctica
Asia
North America
Africa
18
process of changing plants or animals to make them more useful to humans
domestication
migrate
agriculture
Neolithic Revolution
19
What effect did the ice ages have on early humans?
humans were forced to control large fires
humans were forced to move to new environments
humans were forced to hunt
humans were forced to fish
20
In Central Asia, where wood was scarce, what did people use to make homes?
mammoth bones
deer antlers
peat moss
stone
21
Which of the following is
NOT
part of domesticating animals in the New Stone Age?
animals were used for food
animals were used as materials for shelter
animals were used for clothes
animals were used for carrying loads
22
What effect did farming have on people in the Stone Age?
allowed them to travel
allowed them to paint caves
allowed them to build permanent settlements
allowed them to hunt for animals
23
a relative who lived in the past
mammoth
Australopithecus
ancestor
prehistory
24
Which of the following statements best summarizes the relationship between farming and towns?
farming led to more hunter-gatherer groups
farming held back developments in the arts
farming helped establish permanent settlements
farming competed with hunting and gathering practices
25
Historians call the shift from food gathering to food producing the __ Revolution.
Neolithic
Paleolithic
Prehistoric
Mesolithic
26
Which of the following contributed most to early people's ability to produce food?
canoes
the ability to make fire
hunting of wild herds
the end of the ice age
27
What is the scientific name for modern humans?
Australopithecus
Homo erectus
Homo habilis
Homo Sapiens
28
Which of the following is the earliest skill that people developed?
ability to craft tools
ability to create art
ability to farm
ability to hunt
29
People in the New Stone Age had a different relationship to plants and animals due primary to
migration patterns
religious beliefs and fire control
barbarian invasions
climatic changes and human innovations
30
Which of the following defines Homo erectus?
thinking man
modern man
upright man
wise man
31
Which of the following defines hominid?
a fishhook
an early ancestor of humans
a collection of bones
a tool
32
Animal skins were ___ to help keep people warm.
burned
sewn
taped
wrapped
33
Which statement best defines the Neolithic Revolution?
shift from food gathering to hunting
major battle fought between the peoples of Asia
major battle fought between Asia and Africa
shift from food gathering to food producing
34
According to scientists, how did early people migrate out of Africa and into new places?
used technology
used the wheel
used land bridges
used ships
35
Which of the following
does NOT
describe why the early people painted in caves?
to express themselves
to draw maps
to teach religious beliefs
to teach hunting practices
36
Why is the study of ancient bones important to us today?
ancient bones give us information about ancestors
Ancient bones help develop better forms of agriculture.
They are the only source of information about early people.
Ancient bones help develop modern technologies
37
Early humans formed hunter-gatherer societies. What conclusion can you draw from this fact?
humans stopped making advances in spear making
humans had to rely on collecting plants for food
humans wanted to be able to stay in one area
humans became skilled at hunting outside groups
38
People made cloth and clothing from all of the following
except
plant fibers
fish skin
sheep and goal wool
animal skins
39
Using large animals greatly improved the ability to people to ___.
farm
gather
hide
hunt
40
What supports the idea that tools in the Middle Stone Age were smaller and more complex?
humans used spears rather than fishing hooks
humans sharpened rocks to razor-sharp edges
humans braided grass clothing for travel
humans invented hooks and the bow and arrow
41
Scientists believe language developed in the Stone Age for all the following reasons
except
the distribution of food
creating art
hunting purposes
the formation of new relationships
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farming
ice age
migrate
land bridge
agriculture
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a time of long periods of freezing weather
Stone Age
Ice Age
New Stone Age
Old Stone Age
44
Which of the following best defines a land bridge?
strip of land connecting two continents
mountain range beside a body of water
mammoth bones laid out over a body of water
strip of coast along a rocky shore
45
Which of the following best defines a megalith?
huge stones used as monuments
a large mammal that lives in the Asian tundra
a ruler or king of an ancient kingdom
a temple made of wood
46
Land bridges allowed for ____ Age people to move around the world.
Stone
Old Stone
New Stone
Middle Stone
47
What effect did the invention of tools have on early humans?
allowed more animals to graze the fields
made humans stand close to animals when hunting
decreased chances of survival
increased chances of survival
48
Which of the following best defines society?
community of people who share a common culture
community of people who share a religion
community of people who share a region
community of people who share a language
