Prehistory
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- Q1Which of the following is not an era of Prehistory?GeolithicNeolithicMesolithicPaleolithic30s
- Q2To effectively study prehistory, historians rely on the work of which of the following?Archaeologist and AnthropologistAnthropologist and CryptologistMeteorologist and ArchaeologistMeteorologist and Volcanologist30s
- Q3People first used stone tools during the...QuarterlithicPaleolithicMesolithicNeolithic30s
- Q4The earliest stone tools were found in this location.East AfricaSouth AustraliaNorth AsiaWest Europe30s
- Q5Early humans improved the range of their weapons by attaching a...larger arrowheadbirdfeatherhandle30s
- Q6The earliest societies were...EgyptiansHunter-gathererslocated in North AmericaFarmers30s
- Q7The most important development of early Stone Age culture was...Written Languagethe WheelCanalsSpoken Language30s
- Q8A community of people who share a common culture is a...societysmall townchurchcountry30s
- Q9The ________ caused early humans to migrate out of Africa.DinosaursIce AgeGreat FloodStone Age30s
- Q10Migrating because you have to is known as ________ migration.PilgrimageVoluntaryForcedVacation30s
- Q11A strip of land connecting two continents is known as a...land bridgeice bridgeroadsubcontinent30s
- Q12The Bering Land Bridge was formed when...ocean levels dropped due to evaporation.ocean levels dropped due to large cloud formationsocean levels dropped due to ice moving over continentsocean levels dropped due to extreme drought30s
- Q13Early hominids first left Africa for...AsiaAustraliaSouth AmericaNorth America30s
- Q14By this date, humans lived on all continents except Antarctica.10009000 BC20000 BC1000 BC30s
- Q15The New Stone Age began here.AustraliaNW EuropeSW AsiaSE North America30s