1.2 Early Humans Vocabulary Quiz

What is the time period before a written language was created?

• History

• Climate

• Prehistory

• Environment

This era is also known as the "New Stone Age." Villages and farms begin by the end of this period.

• Mesolithic Era

• Neolithic Era

• Paleolithic Era

• Mesozoic Era

A person who moves from place to place in search of food

• Pull Factors

• Nomad

• Domestication

• Secondary Source

Archaeology is....

• the study of prehistory

• the study of large ships used for migration

• the study of past cultures through physical remains left behind.

• the study of secondary sources to guide inquiry

Select all the items that would be considered an artifact by an archaeologist.

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The Old Stone Age that began about 4.5 million years ago

• Mesolithic

• Neolithic

• Paleolithic

• Nomadic

Lived about 6,000 years ago and have a stocky build, heavy jaws, broad shoulders, thick eyebrow ridges, and large noses.

• cro-magnons

• neanderthals

• Paleolithic

• Flinstones

A period of colder global temperatures in which thick ice sheets cover large areas of land is...

• Air Conditioning

• Winter Solstice

• Ice Age

• Neolithic