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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhere do many scientists believe that human life began?AfricaAsiaNorth AmericaChina
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The earliest tools were made fromironanimal skinsfossilsstone - 3. Multiple ChoiceThe burial practices and artwork of early humans suggests that these people may have practiced animism, the belief thatanimals were equal to humanshumans should never harm the natural worldthe natural world is full of spiritsspirits protect wild animals
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat was one of the most important signs that early humans were developing a complex culture?the settlements of people near waterthe existence of cave paintingsthe emergence of hunter-gatherer societiesthe use of iron for making tools
- 5. Multiple Choice____________ are hardened remains of living things that existed long ago.artifactsfossilsstonecave paintings
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWithout the benefits that came from developing different kinds of __________, the lives of early humans were harsh and dangerous.technologyfoodtransportationintelligence
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWithout the benefits that came from developing different kinds of __________, the lives of early humans were harsh and dangerous.technologyfoodtransportationintelligence
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhich technology had a major effect on early human development?the use of firethe gathering of plantsthe building of large citiesthe use of a written language
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhy were archaeologists interested in cave paintings found near Lascaux in France?The paintings were the first evidence of early humans ever found in Francethe caves had not existed during the last Ice Agethe paintings provided evidence that humans had become more complexcave paintings were worth a great deal of money
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is a way in which humans adapted to the changing climate of the Ice Agethey built new, warmer sheltersthey created warmer clothesthey created ways to keep fires burning longerall of the above
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhat effect did the invention of tools have on early humans?They required humans to stand close to animals when huntingThey increased chances for human survivalThey decreased chances for human survivalThey allowed more animals to graze the fields
- 12. Multiple ChoicePrehistoric times ended with the development oflanguageagricultureartwriting
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhich describes one way that early people obtained food?They kept chickens to lay eggsThe used tools to kill animalsThey grew crops on farmsThey grew seeds and nuts
- 14. Multiple ChoiceAccording to scientists, how did early humans migrate out of Africa?By constructing wagons with wheelsBy traveling across land bridgesBy building large shipsBy digging canals
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhat effect did the Ice Ages have on early human communities?They had to control large firesThey had to gather moreThey had to migrate to new environmentsThey had to hunt more
- 16. Multiple ChoiceA strip of land connecting two continents is called acause waylanding stripland bridge
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following was a characteristic of a hunter-gatherer community?they grew cropsthey carved statues from silverthey were nomadicthey had a written language
- 18. Multiple ChoiceDuring the ice ages, early humans needed more protection, so they formed communities calledtroopsclanscities
- 19. Multiple ChoiceUsing a land bridge called Beringia, humans migrated into North America from which continent?AfricaAsiaEuropeSouth America
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWhy do scholars believe early humans may have believed in the afterlife?cave art showed the dead being rebornthey did not bury their deadcarved statues of the time were of angelsfood and objects were found in graves
- 21. Multiple ChoiceTo move from place to place without settling permanently meanstraumaticdomesticateirrigatenomadic
- 22. Multiple ChoiceCave painting were evidence that early humanshunted only horses and bullsrode horseswere skilled artistismigrated from Africa
- 23. Multiple ChoiceWhat did humans develop that the other hominids did not?the ability to use toolsthe ability to communicate (language)the ability to walk upright
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