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2.1 - The First People (REVIEW)
2.1 - The First People (REVIEW)
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Found bones in East Africa that were more than 1.5 million years old
Mary Leakey
Tanzania
Homo erectus
Lucy
2
People who hunt animals and gather wild plants, seeds, fruits, and nuts to survive
flint
hunter - gatherers
ancestors
Tanzania
3
What might a hunter-gatherer society do?
Butcher an animal they have captive
Travel with herds
Build many houses for their group
Farm their land to get food
4
Where did they find the frozen remains of the Iceman
Italy
Germany
Africa
Switzerlan
5
Hunter-gatherers made art on cave walls to teach about astrophysics.
True
False
6
Which type of tools did early humans develop during the Paleolithic Era?
shovels made from iron
moving cranes made of wood and ropes
hand axes made from flint
wheelbarrows made of wood and metal
7
The development of language led to all of the following EXCEPT:
relationships
better hunting
religion
Australopithecus
8
Anthropologists believe that early humans lived how?
by themselves
in small groups
with animals
in large groups
9
Who found the bones of Lucy?
Tim White
The Beatles
Donald Johanson
Mary and Louis Leakey
10
How did the formation of languages improve early human societies?
easier to communicate, teach, and settle problems
easier to form relationships, and settle problems
easier to communicate, teach, form relationships, and settle problems
harder to communicate, teach, form relationships, and settle problems
11
Louis Leakey found hominid remains that he called?
Australopithecus
Homo erectus
Homo habilis
Homo sapian
12
Developed language?
Australopitheus
Homo sapiens
Homo erectus
Homo habilis
13
The first tools were sharpened rocks for cutting meat.
False
True
14
Name means "handy man"
Homo sapiens
Homo erectus
Australopithecus
Homo habilis
15
The first part of the Stone Age
New Era
Old Era
Part Era
Paleolithic Era
16
Most gathering was done by?
girls
men
boys
women
17
What do the discoveries by Mary Leakey and Donald Johanson suggest about the ancestors of human being?
humans developed over a short period of time
ancestors were much taller in height
ancestors were much smaller in height
humans developed over a long period of time
18
Why do scientists separate hominids into different species?
physical characteristics are different, but abilities are the same
physical characteristics are the same, and abilities are different
physical characteristics are different, and abilities are different
physical characteristics are the same, and abilities are the same
19
Archaeologist and _____________ study the prehistory period by digging up early human settlements and grave sites.
dinopologists
anthropologists
gemologists
historians
20
Name means "wise man"
Homo sapiens
Australopithecus
Homo erectus
Homo habilis
21
What is another name for the name of the the
Paleolithic
Era
?
Old stone age
beginning stone age
New stone age
Middle stone ages
22
How did women contribute to hunting and gathering societies?
They served as priests and educated others about their religious beliefs.
They protected their family members by fighting against invaders.
They provided most of the food for the community by hunting large animals.
They collected plants to eat and cared for the children.
23
Why were tools made from flint an advantage over earlier stone tools?
easy to create sharp edge, harder to hunt large animal at a distance
hard to create sharp edge, easier to hunt large animal at a distance
hard to create sharp edge, harder to hunt large animal at a distance
easy to create sharp edge, easier to hunt large animal at a distance
24
The creation of wood and flint ______ made it possible for early humans to hunt larger game.
tools
wheels
rocks
spears
25
“Upright man”
Homo sapiens
Australopithecus
Homo habilis
Homo erectus
26
Used early stone tools like the hand ax?
Homo sapiens
Homo habilis
Australopithecus
Homo erectus
27
Used early stone tools for chopping and scraping?
Homo sapiens
Homo habilis
Homo erectus
Australopithecus
28
As time passed, hominids became less like modern humans.
True
False
29
Language wasn't the only way early people expressed themselves. They also created?
Art
huts
tools
farms
30
What is the scientific name for modern humans?
Australopithecus
Homo Habilis
Homo erectus
Homo sapien
31
Scientists study the remains of early humans to learn about?
society
life today
hunter and gatherers
prehistory
32
Most hunting was done by?
men
boys
girls
women
33
Which early hominid
learned
to
control fire
and use the hand ax?
Homo habilis
Homo sapiens
Australopithecus
Homo erectus
34
Name means "southern ape"
Australopithecus
Homo sapien
Homo habilis
Homo erectus
35
Where the oldest tools were found
South America
Tazmania Devil
USA
Tanzania
36
A community of people who share a common culture
society
prehistory
Paliolithic Era
culture
37
Which of the following did humans invent that marked the end of the prehistory period?
the plow
written language
the wheel
pyramids
38
In hunter-gatherer societies, women were able to hunt.
False
True
