Early Humans Test 2025

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According to one theory, from which continent did the earliest human-like ancestors migrate (start from)?

Africa

Asia

Europe

Austalia

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How did early humans probably migrate from Asia to North America?

on icebergs

by boat

on horses

over a land bridge

1

How did early humans FIRST use fire?

for warmth, cooking, and protection from animals

for hunting, clearing land, and making tools

for ceremonies, cooking, and making tools

1

What is another name for early hominids who ate wild animals and fruits, roots, and nuts?

ancient farmers

hunter-gatherers

Paleolithic humans

1

How did early humans adapt to new, colder environments?

by making clothes and building shelters

by farming and eating more

by inventing stoves and charcoal

1

People learned to farm and domesticate plants and animals during the...

Old Stone Age (Paleolithic Era)

Middle Stone Age (Mesolithic Era)

New Stone Age (Neolithic Era)

1

What was most likely the subject of the cave painting in the photo above?

religion

hunting

family

1

The movement of nomadic early humans walking around the world to follow food is and example of...

a land bridge

migration

domestication

1

Changing plants AND animals to make them more useful to humans is called...

domestication

hunting & gathering

migration

1

Chipping a rock into a stone ax would best be described as

tool making

hunting

gathering

1

Growing wheat and corn are examples of _______.

society

agriculture

tool making

1

Which of the following was NOT mentioned as an early from of shelter for early humans?

large bones covered with animal skin

pit houses

tree houses

caves

1

What makes humans different than other animals?

1

Name three ways human lives were improved by agriculture?
Hint: You must mark 3 choices.

helped them draw cave paintings

people could stay in one place

gave them more time to focus on other things

gave access different types of food - like eggs, milk, and different vegetables

people moved houses more often

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Which important development was MOST influential in the separation these THREE time periods: the Old Stone Age, Middle Stone Age, and New Stone Age?
Hint: Why was it divided into three separate eras?

growing crops

development of tools

building boats

being able to write

1

In hunter-gatherer societies, the men were most likely responsible for __________.

hunting

gathering vegetables

picking fruit

watching the children

1

Flint knives, choppers, spears, and hand axes are all examples of ____________, made by early hominids to help them accomplish a task.

farming

tools

fossils

game pieces

1

Hominids and early humans often worked _____________.

together in small groups

by themselves

in large cities

1

Mary and Louis Leaky studied artifacts and fossils like the Australopithicus named Lucy. They were _____________.

archaeologists

biologists

chemists

1

What is a nomad?

a piece of land that allowed people to travel from one continent to another

someone who studies the past, based on what people left behind

a person who moves from place to place

another word for a farmer

1

The Ice Age was...

the time of early humans, including the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic Eras

a time of freezing weather on Earth about 1.6 million years ago

to move away from your home and settle in a new place

an object changed to help a person accomplish a task

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What three elements BEST helped early humans survive?

fire, nature, cave paintings

nature, story telling, hunting

fire, tools, language

story telling, tools, pottery

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Which is an example of a domesticated animal?

fox

sheep

lion

wolf

Early Humans Test 2025

According to one theory, from which continent did the earliest human-like ancestors migrate (start from)?

How did early humans probably migrate from Asia to North America?

How did early humans FIRST use fire?

What is another name for early hominids who ate wild animals and fruits, roots, and nuts?

How did early humans adapt to new, colder environments?

People learned to farm and domesticate plants and animals during the...

What was most likely the subject of the cave painting in the photo above?

The movement of nomadic early humans walking around the world to follow food is and example of...

Changing plants AND animals to make them more useful to humans is called...

Chipping a rock into a stone ax would best be described as

Growing wheat and corn are examples of _______.

Which of the following was NOT mentioned as an early from of shelter for early humans?

What makes humans different than other animals?

Name three ways human lives were improved by agriculture?Hint: You must mark 3 choices.

Which important development was MOST influential in the separation these THREE time periods: the Old Stone Age, Middle Stone Age, and New Stone Age? Hint: Why was it divided into three separate eras?

In hunter-gatherer societies, the men were most likely responsible for __________.

Flint knives, choppers, spears, and hand axes are all examples of ____________, made by early hominids to help them accomplish a task.

Hominids and early humans often worked _____________.

Mary and Louis Leaky studied artifacts and fossils like the Australopithicus named Lucy. They were _____________.

What is a nomad?

The Ice Age was...

What three elements BEST helped early humans survive?

Which is an example of a domesticated animal?

According to one theory, from which continent did the earliest human-like ancestors migrate (start from)?

How did early humans probably migrate from Asia to North America?

How did early humans FIRST use fire?

What is another name for early hominids who ate wild animals and fruits, roots, and nuts?

How did early humans adapt to new, colder environments?

People learned to farm and domesticate plants and animals during the...

What was most likely the subject of the cave painting in the photo above?

The movement of nomadic early humans walking around the world to follow food is and example of...

Changing plants AND animals to make them more useful to humans is called...

Chipping a rock into a stone ax would best be described as

Growing wheat and corn are examples of _______.

Which of the following was NOT mentioned as an early from of shelter for early humans?

What makes humans different than other animals?

Name three ways human lives were improved by agriculture?Hint: You must mark 3 choices.

Which important development was MOST influential in the separation these THREE time periods: the Old Stone Age, Middle Stone Age, and New Stone Age? Hint: Why was it divided into three separate eras?

In hunter-gatherer societies, the men were most likely responsible for __________.

Flint knives, choppers, spears, and hand axes are all examples of ____________, made by early hominids to help them accomplish a task.

Hominids and early humans often worked _____________.

Mary and Louis Leaky studied artifacts and fossils like the Australopithicus named Lucy. They were _____________.

What is a nomad?

The Ice Age was...

What three elements BEST helped early humans survive?

Which is an example of a domesticated animal?

Name three ways human lives were improved by agriculture?
Hint: You must mark 3 choices.

Which important development was MOST influential in the separation these THREE time periods: the Old Stone Age, Middle Stone Age, and New Stone Age?
Hint: Why was it divided into three separate eras?

Name three ways human lives were improved by agriculture?
Hint: You must mark 3 choices.

Which important development was MOST influential in the separation these THREE time periods: the Old Stone Age, Middle Stone Age, and New Stone Age?
Hint: Why was it divided into three separate eras?