1.2 Early Man no voice

What factor most contributed to early humans' migration out of Africa?

• flooding of major rivers

• grasslands turned into desert

• spreading of water pollution

• warming of earth's climate

How did the Ice Age allow people to migrate from East Asia to North America?

• They swam

• the Bering Land Bridge

• Warmer clothing

• fire was invented

Which statement best explains hunter-gatherers cooperating in social groups?

• Some members of the group specialized in caring for children

• It was easier to hunt large game animals by working together

• They had to take care care of the members of their group who were sick and injured

• Population increases led to competition for limited resources among groups

Which activity was a regular part of the lives of early hunter-gatherers?

• irrigation

• migration

• shipbuilding

• bridge-building

Which statement explains one reason why early hunter-gatherers moved from place to place?

• The plants and animals early humans survived on were seasonal and migratory.

• Early humans learned to tame horses to hunt more effectively

• Climate changes constantly changed the food supplies they relied on for survival

• They reproduced so quickly that population pressure created competition for resources

Scholars have concluded that early cave paintings

• reveal information about how many people were in the early group

• reflect early humans' religious or spiritual beliefs

• show how many sunsets the early human group had seen

• provide clues about the hierarchies (social status) of the groups who painted them

The first human inhabitants of Europe most likely

• irrigated crops to grow more food

• raised animals herded from Asia

• use fire to warm themselves in winter

• planted nuts and grains brought from Africa

Which innovation allowed early humans to migrate to Australia?

• navigating by stars

• constructing man-made bridges

• controlling flood waters

• building transportation to carry people from place to place

Hunter-gathers are nomadic because

• they didn't have homes

• of the bad weather

• religious beliefs

• animals moved from place to place

Based on what is known about hunter-gatherers, a man with a broken arm would most likely have been

• left behind by other members of the group to support himself

• assigned by his group the job of caring for the elderly

• asked to aid in gathering and growing plants for the group to eat

• given a role in the hung that could be performed with an injury