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Chapter 1 Unit Review
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1
What is one way that early hunter-gatherers got food?
Grew corn and beans.
Used cows to get milk.
Butchered pigs for meat.
Collected plants in the wild.
2
Complex language skills was a major advantage Neanderthals had over
Homo Sapiens.
False
True
3
What find were the Leakeys responsible for in Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania?
Lucy
Jedi
Ardi
Homo Habilis
4
What is the time period before written records known as?
caveman times
Greek times
B.C.
prehistory
5
Homo Sapiens
means.....
"wise people"
"large-brained"
"walks upright"
"modern man"
6
DNA analysis is one of the ways to date fossils.
True
False
7
Fire had a major effect on early human development.
True
False
8
Geologists are scientists who study physical materials like soil and rocks.
False
True
9
Who found a 7 million-year-old humanoid skull in Central Africa?
Mary and Louis Leakey
TIm White
Donald Johanson
Michael Brunet
10
People moving from their homeland to a new place is called.....
getting out of "dodge".
migration.
airfare.
taking the Greyhound bus.
11
Where do many scientists believe that human life began?
North America
Asia
Africa
South America
12
Which of the following was the last continent to be populated by humans?
Asia
South America
Africa
Europe
13
As humans migrated they had to adapt to many different environments.
False
True
14
The belief that the natural world is filled with spirits is called....
Star Wars
Voodoo
Animism
Magic
15
One of the steps during an archaeological dig is to preserve and sketch each item found.
False
True
16
People who move from place to place with the seasons are called...
nomads.
geologists
farmers.
runners.
17
What is a clan?
a rap group
all the people in a continent
a group of families with a common ancestor
a group of big-game hunters
18
The study of humankind, especially human development and cultures is known as....
geology
psychiatry
humanology
anthropology
19
What forms when the remains of an animal, human, or plant are preserved?
an artifact
a fossil
a calcium deposit
an archaeologist
20
Many experts believe that early human burial practices are evidence of an Ice Age.
True
False
21
Finding food was the most important basic need early humans had to meet.
True
False
22
Objects found closer to the surface are generally.....
the same age as any objects found below them.
impossible to date with any accuracy.
unlikely to contain any radioactive material.
not as old as those found in deeper layers.
23
Forming larger communities help people survive by.....
giving them more friends.
lighting bigger fires.
being able to hunt larger animals.
protecting themselves better.
24
Stone Age hunter-gatherers lived in small bands to meet their basic needs.
True
False
25
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of
Homo Sapiens
?
first appeared @ 100,000 years ago
made art and music
complex burial practices
very simple language skills
26
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of an Ice Age?
sea level rises
rainfall decreases
temperatures drop
ice sheets and glaciers cover the land
27
Homo Sapiens
and Neanderthals never lived in the same areas or had contact with each other.
False
True
28
Finding fossilized bones of early humans happens very rarely.
True
False
29
All scientists agree that humankind began in East Africa.
True
False
30
The earliest tools were often made from.....
animal skins.
iron.
stone.
silver.
31
What was a sign that early humans were becoming more complex cultures?
Making stone tools
Grunting to talk
Use of wood to make fires
Cave paintings
32
An object made or used by humans is a.....
skull
remain
leg bone
artifact
33
Which of the following is a characteristic of Neanderthals?
short, sturdy skeletons
taller, slimmer bodies
complex language skills
made art and music
34
Learning about early humans is easy because they left so many written documents.
False
True
35
"Out of Africa" theory
says humans found near Africa should be older than those farther away.
False
True
36
Which of the following is NOT one of the ways archaeologists date fossils?
metamorphism
radioactive dating
DNA analysis
layering
37
Ardi
was found by what archaeologist?
Mary and Louis Leakey
Michael Brunet
Donald Johanson
Tim White
38
What is NOT one of the early uses of fire?
protection from wild animals.
clear brush for farmland.
to stay warm.
as a source of light.
39
What person studies the things that people in the past left behind?
geologist
archaeologist
teacher
astronaut
40
Technology is the use of tools and skills that people use to meet their needs.
True
False
