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Stone Age, Early Humans, Hunter-Gatherers

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  • Homo habilis is the human species that has survived until present-day. True or False
    False: Homo sapiens have.
  • The Stone Age is called like that because humans made tools out of...
    Stone
  • During the stone age, humans evolved from hunting and gathering to...
    Farming and agriculture
  • One tool humans used during the Paleolithic period was:
    The axe
  • Some of the weapons, humans used during the Mesolithic include: ______________, and arrows.
    spears
  • During the _____________________, humans switched from hunting-gathering to agriculture and food production.
    Neolithic
  • Agriculture was introduced during the ____________________ period.
    Mesolithic
  • In small bands, women were in charge of hunting and men spent their day producing fire. True or False
    False: Women gatherered berries and nuts, while men hunted and fished.
  • What are the three eras of the Stone Age?
    Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic
  • In the Paleolithic period, early humans used to live in __________.
    Caves
  • How did humans change physically over time?
    They got taller and developed larger brains
  • Nomads tend to settle in a place near resources for quite some time. True or False
    False. They stay as long as resources are available. Then move when these have become scarce
  • Define: Migraion
    The act of moving from one place to the other
  • Early humans lived nomadically, often near ________________.
    Bodies / sources of water
  • Neanderthals and Homo sapiens existed during the same period until one of them got extincted. True or False?
    True
  • Climate change, rising sea levels and the extinction of many large animals marks the ending of the Paleolithic period. True or False?
    True
  • In the Paleolithic period early humans were mostly hunters and gatherers. True or False
    True
  • The activities of ______________ and weaving were more developed during the Neolithic
    sewing
  • During the Paleolithic, humans hunted animals such as woolly mammoths, ________ and _______
    deer, bison
  • For making art, early humans used a combination of materials that included: ochres, burnt bone meal, ___________ mixed with water, or tree ___________.
    charcoal, sap
  • Humans cultivated _________________ during the Neolithic
    Cereal grains
  • Fishing started during the Mesolithic... True or False?
    True
  • Domesticating dogs was helpful for humans because:
    Dogs helped with the hunt
  • Apart from the scarcity of resources, early humans migrated due to:
    The change of seasons
  • Early pieces of art depicted images of: ____________, ___________ and signs
    humans, animals
  • Some tools in the Neolithic include: hand axes, _____________ for ploughing and tilling the land
    Adzes
  • Early humans who lived in desert areas may have made shelters out of brances and concrete. True or False
    False: Concrete was not available, but they may have used brances, animal skins and plant fibers.
  • The first pieces of art were left by early humans during the _________________.
    Paleolithic