Stone Age Tools

Fire has been used by humans for approximately

• 4000 years.

• 40, 000 years.

• 400,000 years.

Where was the earliest evidence of human-controlled fire found?

• In the hills of South America

• In a cave in South Africa

• In Egypt, during an excavation

True OR False

The first human specie to use fire was the Homosapiens.

• True

• False

Early humans probably first used fire to

• keep warm.

• ward off large animals.

• make tools.

_____ allowed humans to eat a larger variety of food.

• Hunting with spears

• Following animals from place to place

• Cooking with fire

Access to new types of foods and easier digestion led to

• humans evolving larger brains.

• early humans becoming stronger.

• the development of civilizations.

Select ALL the uses of fire by early humans.

• keep warm

• light up the night

• shape the landscape

• hunting

• burn garbage

Pictures of animals and people painted on cave walls

• Symbolic Art

• Representational Art

Deliberate lines as art from over 70,000 years ago in South Africa.

• Representational Art

• Symbolic Art

The first item to be used to represent monetary value was

• precious stones.

• cacao beans.

• gold.

• diamonds.