Early Man Vocabulary Quiz

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The following are all examples of artifacts EXCEPT

Stone weapons

Bone tools

The skeleton of a hominid

Cave Art

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1 point

The human knowledge used to create better tools and equipment.

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1 point

Our earliest ancestors lived on what continent?

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1 point

Hunter Gatherer communities migrating with the game they hunt is an example of which theme?

Regions

Location

Movement

Place

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1 point

The period of time before writing was invented.

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1 point

People moving from place to place searching for food and shelter. These people have no permanent homes.

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1 point

Also known as Beringia, this once connected Asia to North America and allowed early humans to populate both North and South America.

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1 point

Time period of ice sheets and widespread glaciers.

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1 point

Groups of people who obtained food by gathering wild plants and hunting animals.

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1 point

An object made by human beings; usually an item of historical or cultural importance.

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1 point

Part animal part human, these were our earliest ancestors.

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1 point

Period of time also known as the old stone age.

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1 point

Time period between the Paleolithic and Neolithic eras. Also known as the Middle Stone Age.

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The New Stone Age. This era is characterized by the discovery of agriculture and the domestication of plants and animals.

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The study of old cultures and civilizations based on the artifacts people left behind.