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1
During which Stone Age were advanced tools and pottery being used?
Mesolithic Age
Paleolithic Age
Neolithic Age
2
Which group used fire for heat, light, protection from animals and to cook their food?
Neanderthal
Both!
Cro Magnons
3
Which statement best describes the Neolithic Age
only modern humans alive. Developed fire control, language, hunting tools
Advanced tools, technology, pottery and language. Farming begins
multiple groups of hominids alive.Simple Stone Tools & fire
4
All human and human-like creatures who walk on two feet are called
Cro Magnons
homo erectus
hominids
homo Sapiens
5
Why did hunter-gatherers often have to move around?
They wanted better soil to grow crops.
They followed the migration of animals and seasonal plants.
They wanted better resources for shelter.
They wanted more land for raising livestock.
6
Which of the following is the correct order in which early humans migrated around the world?
Africa, Europe & Asia, N. America , S. America
Antarctica, Africa, Europe & Asia, N. America , S. America
Africa, Europe & Asia, S. America , N. America
N. America , Europe & Asia, Africa , S. America
7
All of the following are examples of domestication except for:
gathering wild plants
gathering seeds to plant
growing grain crops
training mules for plowing
8
Which of the following is and effect of the end of the Ice Age that changed the way people lived?
longer growing season for crops so more plants animals and humans can live
temperatures rise
ocean levels rise covering the Bering Land Bridge
glaciers begin to melt
9
which group had more advanced tools and technology?
Cro Magnons
Neanderthal
Both!
10
Hunter-gatherers survived on...
poisonous plants
domesticated animals
planted crops
wild plants and animals
11
Which group was better suited for cold climates?
Cro Magnons
Both!
Neanderthal
12
How did ancient people get from Asia to the Americas?
They swam the short distance.
They never came by this path.
They crossed a land bridge.
They built boats and sailed.
13
An example of specialization would be...
artisans
All of the above
clothing makers
farming
14
physical evidence of an organism from the past that has been preserved in the earth's crust is a...
Fossil
Artifact
Just old
History
15
a human made object from the past (Examples: pottery, arrowhead, tools, paintings) is an...
artifact
fossil
History
just old
16
A human society with an advanced level of development in social and political organization and arts and sciences is...
A Village
A Clan
A Community
A Civilization
17
Which Stone Age is also called the "New" Stone Age?
Neolithic Age
Paleolithic Age
Mesolithic Age
18
What probably came about due to the need to cooperate and share knowledge?
villages
tools and technology
language
art
19
When farmers grew more than they needed, it was a...
Problem
Surplus
Waste
Shortage
20
Which group eventually went extinct?
Cro Magnons
Neanderthal
Both!
21
Which Stone Age is also called the "Old" Stone Age?
Neolithic Age
Mesolithic Age
Paleolithic Age
22
Which group survived as Hunter Gatherers?
Neanderthal
Both!
Cro Magnons
23
what does archaeology mean?
Being a history teacher
a major at Amherst College
the scientific study of material remains of past human life
24
what does prehistoric mean?
the period before you have Ms. Power's Social Studies class
the time when there was writing
the time before written history
a time where they forgot to write what happened
25
to raise and tend (a plant or animal) to be of use to humans means to...
domesticate
tame
study
keep
26
Which statement best describes the Paleolithic Age
Advanced tools, technology, pottery and language. Farming begins
multiple groups of hominids alive.Simple Stone Tools & fire
modern humans alive. developed fire control, language, hunting, tools
27
Archaeologists have found the oldest hominid remains on which continent?
South America
North America
Antarctica
Africa
28
During which stone age were simple stone tools being used?
Paleolithic Age
Neolithic Age
Mesolithic Age
29
Which statement best describes the Mesolithic Age
only modern humans alive. Developed fire control, language, hunting tools
multiple groups of hominids alive.Simple Stone Tools & fire
Advanced tools, technology, pottery and language. Farming begins
30
Which of the following is an example of art created by early humans?
all of the above
figurines
cave art
jewelry
31
The disadvantages of living in a village included
changes in the weather
attacks from enemies
risk of fire, flood and disease
little food
32
Which group was better suited for warm climates?
Cro Magnons
Both!
Neanderthal
33
The rise of agriculture meant moving away from
growing crops for food
raising livestock for food
fishing for food
mostly relying on hunting and gathering
34
The shift from food gathering to food production was called the
ice age
hunter-gatherer revolt
Agricultural revolution
great migration
35
which of the following did hunter gatherers not use natural resources for?
Housing – used caves, rock shelters, branches, plant fibers and animal skin
Food – lived by hunting and gathering
Clothing – used animal skins, created needles for sewing from animal bones
Trick Question they used natural resources for everything!
36
which is not one of the 5 traits of a civilization
cities & government
Farming
religion & literature,
specialization
37
This age served as a "bridge" between the two main phases of the Stone Age.
Mesolithic Age
Neolithic Age
Paleolithic Age
38
Early religion was likely....
the worship of many different spirits in nature
Like Christianity
they didn't have religion
very much like modern religion
39
During which Stone Age were people growing crops, raising animals and settling in villages?
Paleolithic Age
Neolithic Age
Mesolithic Age
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Which Stone Age is also called the "Middle" Stone Age?
Neolithic Age
Paleolithic Age
Mesolithic Age
