Questions and Answers
The early human societies test
1.
When did early humans learn to make and control fire?
around 500,000 years ago
2.
Who were the early humans?
They were hunter-gatherers.
3.
What size were the groups in which the early humans lived?
around 30
4.
People who lived moving from place to place were:
nomads
Combine the term with a definition.
5.
technology of watering crops
irrigation
6.
planting seeds and harvesting crops
agriculture
7.
moving from one place to settle in another
migration
8.
worship of gods and spirits
religion
9.
Early humans worked together in teams. Their roles were gender-specific. What were the tasks of women?
gathering fruits, nuts and mushrooms
10.
What continent did the hunter-gatherers start their migration from?
Africa
11.
What places hunter-gatherers might live?
caves, shacks
12.
When did early humans made stone tools?
about 2 million years ago
13.
Tool used by early humans for digging.
mattock
14.
The most likely cause of the origin of the language was:
need to work together
Which statements are true?
15.
Early humans believed that all elements of nature (animate and inanimate) have spirit.
True
16.
Human cave paintings show figures of extraterrestial beings.
False
17.
Hunter-gatherers were nomads.
True
18.
How many inhabitants did the first farming villages have?
few hundred
19.
What led to early human specialization?
Surplus of food allowed people to focus on other skills.
20.
What do we call objects from the past?
artifacts