Unit 1 Prehistory: Chapter 1 Review

What was most likely the regular diet of the earliest hunter-gatherers? Select the TWO correct answers.

• crops they planted

• domesticated farm animals

• small animals they could find

• large animals they caught in traps

• wild plants they could pick

What climate conditions do scientists believe caused the earliest humans to migrate during the Paleolithic period?

• ice ages

• warm winters

• severe floods

• intense storms

What occurred about sixty thousand to ninety thousand years ago?

• Humans began settling in large civilizations.

• Humans began migrating from Africa.

• Humans created rafts and boats.

• Herto Man lived.

Where did the first humans live?

• Australia

• Arabia

• Africa

• Asia

What enabled early humans to come together and solve problems?

• language

• bartering

• scavenging

• setting in villages

Why were human hunter-gatherers nomadic?

• They scavenged.

• They were escaping ice storms.

• They followed migrating animals.

• They did not know how to build permanent homes.

How did hunter-gatherers use the tools shown in this image?

• to travel long distances

• to make cave drawings

• to pick wild vegetation

• to hunt large animals

What kind of natural disaster pushed the first migrants to leave Africa?

• There was a heat wave.

• There was an earthquake.

• There was extreme drought.

• There was widespread flooding.

Which continent did humans reach by a now nonexistent land bridge?

• North America

• Australia

• Europe

• Asia

What does the photo of a Paleolithic cave painting suggest about how early humans lived?

• They depended on animals for survival.

• They lived in caves with animals.

• They had advanced artistic skills.

• They spent all their time in caves.