World History - Human Origins and the Neolithic Revolution

What is believed to be the correct order of migration after humans left Africa?

A. South Asia, Australia, Europe, the Americas

Which is the best dated evidence that humans have been on Earth for over four million years?

B. A specimen nicknamed Ardi was found in East Africa.

What is the most widely accepted theory on how early humans migrated to North America?

(Not) A. Because of the Ice Age, they were able to walk from Australia to the southern tip of South America.

As a result of the Neolithic Revolution, by 3,000 BCE the world's human population grew to

(Not) A. five hundred thousand.

During the Neolithic Revolution people could stay in one place because

(Not) B. conflicts over rights to territory declined.

What is the difference between nomads and hunter-gatherers of ancient times?

B. Nomads were people who moved in search of food, while hunter-gatherers got food by gathering wild food sources and hunting.

Which factor was the most important in affecting Paleolithic humans' lives?

B. climate

Early humans had access to different kinds of foods, depending on the local geography. If a group lived in the interior of the continent, what would they least likely have at meal time?

B. fish and shellfish

During the Paleolithic era, hunter-gatherer groups began to develop cultural traits. What was the most important influence on which cultural traits developed?

C. the climate where the groups lived

An important factor that brought changes to the hunter-gatherer way of life was that

D. large prey animals were becoming extinct.