Lesson 2: Early Human Migration

What term would you use that means move?

• migrate

• sedentary

A period in time when huge sheets of ice covered much of the earth's land.

• Ice Age

• Stone Age

• Bronze Age

• Middle Age

A strip of land that connected two continents (Europe and North America).

• Golden Gate Bridge

• Land Bridge

• Walkway

• Breezeway

This period began more than 10,000 years ago, where early people adapted to new environments creating smaller and more complex tools.

• Mesolithic Era

• Paleolithic Era

While scientists are not certain how humans first arrived in Australia, how did they MOST LIKELY travel from Asia to Australia?

• They traveled by boat across open ocean.

• They swam the short distance between two continents.

• They walked across a land bridge created by low sea levels.

• They migrated along a string of small islands between the two continents.

Which of the following was invented during the Mesolithic Era?

• the metal plow

• the water wheel

• bows and arrows

• fishing rod and reel

Fire was enough to keep early people warm.

• True

• False

Early humans built shelters from animals skins, wood, stone, and clay.

• True

• False

Early humans made clothing out of cotton.

• True

• False