Earliest Human Migrations

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1 In which order did the occupations listed below most likely develop in human history?:
                                                 1 - farmers.
                                                 2 - traders.
                                                 3 - nomadic herders.
                                                 4 - hunters and gatherers.
1-2-3-4.
2-4-1-3.
3-1-2-4.
4-3-1-2.

2 Which of the following statements is NOT true about Neanderthals?:
they lived primarily in Africa.
they successfully lived through harsh winters.
a large part of their diet probably came from plants.
they were skilled hunters.

3 Neanderthal bones are found in?:
Africa and Southwest Asia.
Europe and Southwest Asia.
Europe and Africa.
central and eastern Asia.

4 Cro-Magnons launched a technological revolution by?:
learning how to use and control fire.
creating the wheel.
making more efficient tools.
developing trade systems with other early humans.

5 One of the ways in which Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon people adopted to conditions during the Ice Age was by?:
traveling in carts.
melting copper.
living in caves.
weaving cloth.

6 Which of the following occurred for the first time in the Neolithic Age?:
development of farming.
discovery of fire.
use of stone tools.
practice of religion.

7 Scientists think the Beringia land bridge disappeared when?:
the continents drifted apart.
it sank in an earthquake.
heavy rains made the ocean rise.
Ice Age glaciers melted.

8 Graves containing food and artifacts have led scientists to conclude that Neanderthal people probably?:
lived underground.
believe in the idea of a life after death.
died in an Ice Age.
developed the idea of private property.

9 The earliest hominid migration into Europe began?:
about 1.5 million years ago with the arrival of the Neanderthals.
about 1 million years ago as immigrants crossed over the land bridge from North Africa.
about 500,000 years ago as the glaciers began to retreat.
about 150,000 years ago as Cro-Magnon humans began to push out Homo erectus.