Stone Ages Practice Test

Practice Test Match the era on the left with the correct description on the right. 1. Mesolithic Era a. were hunters-gatherers 2. Paleolithic Era b. began to domesticate dogs for protection and hunting; built new tools like canoes 3. Neolithic Era c. built permanent settlements

Practice Test 4. Put the dates below in the correct order from oldest to most recent. 5. What year doesn’t exist on a timeline? 3900 BCE 1772 CE 779AD 42BC 12 AD 1 BC

Practice Test 6. The process of making plants or animals more useful to humans is called what? 7. A person who moves from place to place in search of food is called what? 8. A handheld object that has been modified to help a person accomplish a task is called a(n) _________________

Practice Test 9. List two types of homes made during the Mesolithic Era. 10. What happened that caused people to migrate from Africa to other continents? 11. How did people move between continents? In other words, what did they use to get from one continent to another?

Practice Test 12. Which of the following is NOT a result of the Stone Age people creating permanent settlements: A. the population declined B. labor specialization C. permanent settlements D. religions developed

Practice Test 13. Which best explains a barter economy that developed during the Neolithic Era. a. People gave other people what they needed. b. People exchanged goods they produced for other things they didn’t have. c. People would only farm, not ever needing other products. d. People kept all the goods they made, never trading with others.

Practice Test 14. T/F: Huge stones used as monuments were called societies. 15. T/F: A surplus is having more than needed. 16. T/F: The Paleolithic Era is also the New Stone Age 17. T/F: c. on a timeline stands for circumference.

Practice Test 18. In which era did the Stone Age people live in caves and hunt- gather to survive? 19. In which era did the Stone Age people begin to use metallurgy to create stronger tools/weapons? 20. In which era did the Stone Age people learn to make bone and stone tools and begin to domesticate animals such as dogs for hunting and protection?

Answer Key 1. B 2. A 3. C 4. 3900BCE, 42BC, 1BC, 12AD, 779AD, 1772CE 5. Zero 6. domestication 7. nomad 8. tool 9. pit house, mammoth home 10. ice ages

Answer Key 11. land bridge 12. A 13. B 14. F 15. T 16. F 17. T 18. Paleolithic 19. Neolithic 20. Mesolithic