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CHAPTER 1 EARLY PEOPLE REVIEW MY WORLD HISTORY
CHAPTER 1 EARLY PEOPLE REVIEW MY WORLD HISTORY
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1
Which is not an example of how archaeologists date an artifact?
the age of other artifacts near in in the earth
radiocarbon dating
what continent it is found on
How deep it is in the earth
2
Why were archaeologists interested in the cave paintings found near Lascaux in southern France?
Provided evidence that humans had become more complex.
The first evidence of early humans ever found in France.
Cave paintings were worth a great deal of money.
The caves had not existed during the last Ice Age.
3
Which of the following appeared toward the end of the Paleolithic Era and buried their dead?
Homo habilis
Neanderthals
Fire
Hunter-gatherers
4
What was the main unit of Stone Age Culture
a mother, father, and children
large tribes led by several leaders
a small group or band of people
a group of either hunters or gatherers
5
What is a clan?
a grandfather, a father, and a grandson
a mother, a father, and their children
a group of unrelated people who share beliefs
a group of families with a common ancestor
6
Which group represents modern humans?
Homo sapiens
The Olduvai group
Neanderthals
Homo habilis
7
Which technology had a major effect on early human development?
The building of large cities.
The use of fire
The gathering of plants
The use of a written language
8
Which describes one way that early hunter-gatherers got food?
They used tools to kill animals
The grew crops on farms
They used chickens to lay eggs
They grew seed and nuts
9
The burial practices and artwork suggest these people may have practiced animism, a belief that
spirits protected animals.
the natural world was filled with spirits.
animals were equal to humans.
humans should never harm the natural world.
10
What are geologists able to tell archaeologists about fossils?
what they were used for
how early people lived
the beliefs of early people
how old they are
11
How do nomads live?
They return to the same place each summer and winter
They travel from place to place with the seasons
They make villages from connected caves
They build villages with permanent homes
12
What is the term for the belief that spirits fill the natural world?
spiritualism
animism
humanism
naturalism
13
Why did modern humans have to adapt?
They had to make new cave paintings.
They had to move to Africa.
They had to change their belief systems.
The had to adjust to new environments.
14
Which group was the first to bury its dead?
homo-sapians
early Stone age humans
hunter-gatherers
Neanderthals
15
If the "out of Africa" theory of is correct, Homosapian fossils nearest to Africa should be?
younger than those found further from Africa.
older than those found in Africa
younger than those found on other continents
older than those found further from Africa
16
What does and archaeologist study?
why people need certain foods to survive
how people act when they are together
the things that people in the past left behind
what happens if certain chemicals are combined
17
Which of the following is one way that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens differed?
Neanderthals were taller than Homo sapiens.
Neanderthals came about 100,000 years before Homo sapiens.
Homo sapiens had only very simple language skills.
Homo sapiens did not make art.
18
Which fossil find was located in Oldiuvai Gorge in Tanzania?
Donald Johanson's Lucy
Tim White's Ardi
Michael Brunet's humanoid skull
The Leakey's discovery
19
Homo sapiens means
“walks upright.”
“large-brained,”
“modern man.”
“wise people.”
20
Which of the following are types of art created by Homo sapiens?
Tapestries
Basket weaving
Statues
Mosaics
21
Which phrase defines the time called prehistory?
before the year 2000
Before computers
before the year 0
Before written records
22
Why were Archaeologists interested in cave paintings found in southern France?
they were the first evidence of early humans in France
provided evidence that humans had become more complex
Cave paintings are worth a great deal of money
The caves had not existed in the last Ice Age
23
What happens during a migration?
People move places and homes with the seasons.
People stay in one place and home for many years.
People welcome new people to their home.
People move from their homeland to a new place.
24
What is an artifact?
a food prepared or eaten by humans
an imprint of a plant from long ago
the remains of a person from long ago
an object made or used by humans
25
As modern humans migrated, they had to _________ to many different ____________.
travel/populations
relate/migrations
spread/artifacts
adapt/environments
26
Early tools were often made from
fossils.
animal skins.
iron.
stone.
27
When Archaeologists study an excavation site, object found closer to the surface are
less damaged than those found below them
not as old as those found in deeper layers
unlikely to contain any radioactive material
impossible to date with any accuracy
28
What do human fossils contain?
hair
skin
bones
brains
29
How did the world change when modern humans populated it?
There were humans just in warm places.
There were humans on every island.
There were humans only in Africa.
There were humans in every region.
30
Many experts believe that certain early burial practices are evidence of
a spoken language.
a belief in life after death.
the Ice Age.
a belief that humans should have power over animals.
31
The era during which tools were first developed is known as
the Hunter-Gatherer Age.
the Age of Fire and Stone.
the Age of Technology.
the Old Stone Age.
32
Which is a kind of technology used by stone age people?
crops
eggs
burial
fire
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Why has the search for early fossils focused on Africa?
There aren't very many of them
Africa is a big continent
Thats where the earliest fossils have been found
It's as good a place as any
