Stone Age Assessment

Early People were nomads. What does this mean?

• They moved from place to place

• They stayed in one place

• They only lived in small groups

• They did not have a central government

Which discovery helped Early People to make axes and spears?

• Iron ore

• Copper

• Flint

• Stone

What is another word for dwelling?

• Surviving

• Shelter

• Means of catching food

• traveling

What eventually led the Early People to stop living as nomads and stay in one place?

• The discovery of caves

• The discovery of agriculture

• The ice age

• The discovery of flint

Before language was created, how did Early People communicate? Select all that apply.

• Art - paintings on cave walls

• Sounds and gestures

• They always had language

• Writing on stone tablets

Which of the following are ways that fire helped Early People? Select all that apply

• Kept them warm

• Protected them from predators

• Allowed them to preserve food

• Allowed camps to communicate with other camps

What advancements in "technology" were made during the stone age?

• The discovery of flint allowed them to make better tools for hunting and building.
  

• The discovery of fire.

• The discovery of agriculture. 

• The discovery of the wheel.

Early People were hunters and gatherers. What does this means?

• They moved from place to place to find their food.

  
  

• They would hunt animals.

• They would gather things like nuts and berries

• They started farming.

In what ways did geography affect how people lived during the Stone Age?

• They had to rely on their environment to survive.
  

• They would often live in caves for protection

• They would use sticks and other materials around them to build a shelter.

• If they were near water, they could fish for their food.

Why fire was such an important discovery to the Early People?

• Fire kept early people warm and protected them from predators.

• Fire allowed early people to better prepare their food.

• Fire enabled early people to smoke their meat in order to preserve it and eat it later.

• All answer choices are correct.