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Middle Stone Age- Made smaller tools like bow & arrow and fish hooks.
Midolithic Era
Neolithic Era
Paleolithic Era
Mesolithic Era
2
What is the name given to
a strip of land connecting two continents
?
Berengia
mountain range
land bridge
mammoth
3
What does
megalith
mean?
a temple made of wood
a large mammal that lives in Asia
huge stones used as monuments
a ruler or king of an ancient kingdom
4
What was important about Johanson's discovery of Lucy in 1974?
It was the first discovery of ancient bones, ever.
It proved that hominids used tools.
It proved that hominids lived in East Africa.
It pointed to a hominid's ability to walk upright.
5
A long time period of freezing weather which allowed some cross-continental migration!
Prehistory
Land Bridge
Stonehenge
Ice Ages
6
How are the 3 periods of the Stone Ages separated?
By the types of tools used
By the type of food
By the type of housing
By the clothing
7
Cause & Effect:
How did FARMING lead to the GROWTH OF TOWNS?
It led to the Hunter-Gatherer Union Strike of 5300BC
Farming held back development of art.
Farming competed with hunters.
It led to permanent settlements.
8
During which time period did people move across land bridges?
Bronze Age (Blingalithic)
Stone Age (Paleolithic)
Ice Age (Coldarriffic)
Middle Stone Age (Mesolithic)
9
Define
migration
.
moving to a new region
moving to a new seat
moving to a new house
moving to a new school
10
According to the map, which area did humans reach LAST?
South America
North America
Africa
Asia
11
Why did early people learn how to make clothes and shelters after they migrated out of Africa?
They needed to trade cloth with merchants
The needed more protection to survive in colder areas.
They needed to trade living spaces with others.
They needed less protection to survive in warmer areas.
12
Handheld object that helps humans accomplish a task.
Car
Orange
Tool
Whirlpool
13
Simple tools like _______________ were used for about 2 million years.
choppers
blenders
processors
slicers
14
Why is the study of ancient bones important to us today?
Helps develop better agriculture
Gives information about ancestors
ONLY source of info about early people
Helps with modern technology
15
To study prehistory, historians rely on the work of archaeologists and __________________.
anthropologists
actors
Australopithecus
hominids
16
When did early people... find better uses for bone and stone tools AND invent fishing hooks?
Neolithic Era
Paleolithic Era
Ice Age
Mesolithic Era
17
What effect did the invention of tools have on early humans?
They INCREASED chances of survival.
They allowed more animals to graze the field.
They DECREASED chances of survival.
They required humans to stand close to animals they hunted.
18
Archaeologist who believed that bones found in East Africa in 1959 belonged to hominids:
Lucy Megalithico
Donald Johansen
Stonehenge
Mary Leaky
19
Farming is another term for...
Stonehenge
Migration
Megaliths
Agriculture
20
What was the biggest change for humans in the Neolithic Era? (New Stone Age)
the shift from gathering to producing food
this shift from hunting to herding
the shift from stones to new stones
the shift from gathering to hunting food
21
___________________ is an example of a famous megalith.
Ice Ages
Australia
Stonehenge
Mammoth
22
Which of the following defines
Homo erecuts?
wise man
modern man
upright man
thinking man
