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WH8 Chapter 1 and 2 review
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1
A fossil is an imprint in stone of something that once lived
True
False
2
Which of the following best describes culture?
Weather and climate
Beliefs, customs, and art of a group
Use of natural resources
Belief system in which humans use to make decisions
3
Who am I? " I am an archeologist who believed that bones found in East Africa in 1959 were old but not the oldest"
Mary Leakey
Donald Johanson
Tim White
Lucy
4
Scientists suspect that the great advantage Homo Sapiens had was...
Reasoning
Intelligence
Language
Ability to create fire
5
The Neolithic Revolution marked the first uprising of man against animals
True
False
6
Tools became more complex in the Middle Stone Age
True
False
7
Archaeologists focus their studies on...
Fossils
Human remains
Tools
Artifacts
8
Anthropologists find information about ancient people by studying...
Ancient tools
Skeletal remains
Farmland of ancient civilizations
Ancient writings
9
AD was replaced by...
BCE
EC
CE
EC
10
The people most likely to advance rapidly were those who...
Migrated quickly
Formed permanent settlements
Lived in farming villages
Hunted in tribes
11
"Handy man"
Homo sapien
Homo erectus
Homo habilis
Australopithecus
12
An ancestor is not someone who lived in the past
False
True
13
One way prehistoric people adapted to their enviornment was to create tools to process food
True
False
14
If a country wanted to make a better government, which of the following would be the best information to start with?
Maps from the country 200 years ago
Documents from the leaders of the country in the past
Documents from the citizens
Fossils from the country
15
The development of fire meant that prehistoric people could...
Adapt to living in colder regions
Travel by night
Hunt bigger game
Cook food and tan leather
16
If it's raining today, that is an example of climate
False
True
17
"Wise man"
Homo habilis
Homo erectus
Homo sapien
Australopithecus
18
Which most accuratley explains why the New Stone Age ended?
Man learned how to make tools out of metal
Man learned to produce crops and domesticate animals
People learned to produce their own food and utilize metal to make tools
People ran out of stones and switched to bronze
19
Why does obtaining a secondary source from the internet require caution?
The internet has memes
It's difficult to check the reliability of sources
The internet has many fine sources, but many inaccurate ones
It's easy to disguise bias
20
The terms "history" and "prehistory" are examples of how historians today...
Organize time
Keep track of movements of the sun
Mark the point of when people started using calenders
Explain the difference between BCE and CE
21
Any handcrafted object that helps a person accomplish a task
Hominid
Language
Hunting
Tool
22
Thus far, the earliest hominids have been found in Africa
True
False
23
"Southern ape"
Homo erectus
Homo habilis
Homo sapien
Australopithecus
24
Rivers, valleys, and mountains are examples of...
Land mass
Landmarks
Landforms
Landslides
25
The first human made houses were called pit houses
True
False
26
"Upright man"
Homo sapien
Homo erectus
Homo habilis
Australopithecus
27
History basically begins when people start to...
Create food
Keep records
Create calenders
Keep pets
28
If a historian writes his or her opinion on a historical event, this is an example of...
Artifact
Primary source
Textbook
Secondary source
29
The hand ax was an unimportant tool created in the Stone Ages
True
False
30
Understanding that food could be grown from seeds marked the beginning of..
Neolithic Revolution
Domestication of animals
Kuchar's revolution
Hunter-gatherer revolution
31
Historians who study how people lived their lives are interested in a people's culture
False
True
32
Evolution is accepted to be the absolute truth
True
False
