CHAPTER 1 EARLY PEOPLE Test Review. QUESTION How do historians study early people?

CHAPTER 1EARLY PEOPLE

Test Review

QUESTION

How do historians study early people?

AND THE ANSWER IS…

Prehistory, Fossils, Artifacts, Dating

QUESTION

Who were the hunter-gatherer societies?


Neanderthals and homo sapiens

QUESTION

How do historians believe that people populated Earth?


migration and mixed together

QUESTION

Farming marked the beginning of the _______________ Era.


Neolithic

QUESTION

_______________ found Lucy in 1974


Donald Johanson

QUESTION

The first discovery of early human remains in Africa was made by _______________.


Mary and Louis Leakey

QUESTION

200,000 years ago, _____________ appeared in Europe and parts of Asia.


Neanderthals

QUESTION

_____________________ developed tools out of stone around 2.5 million years ago.


Hunter-Gatherer

QUESTION

When archaeologists study an excavation site, objects found closer to the surface are

A- less damaged than those found below them.

B- impossible to date with any accuracy.

C- unlikely to contain any radioactive material.

D- not as old as those found in deeper layers.


D- not as old as those found in deeper layers.

QUESTION

Which fossil find was located in Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania?

A- Donald Johanson’s Lucy

B- The Leakeys’ discovery

C- Michael Brunet’s humanoid skull

D- Tim White’s Ardi


B- The Leakeys’ discovery

QUESTION

Where do many scientists believe that human life began?

A- Africa

B- Asia

C- North America

D- China


A- Africa

QUESTION

Why was French fossil hunter Michael Brunet’s discovery so important?

A- Because it was found in France and it was older than the remains found by the Leakeys in Africa.

B- Because it was the most complete human skeleton ever found.

C- Because it was so old and it was found in Central, not East, Africa

D- Because it was found on a different continent than the Lucy skeleton found by Donald Johanson.


C- Because it was so old and it was found in Central, not East, Africa

QUESTION

The earliest tools were often made from

A- iron.

B- animal skins.

C- fossils.

D- stone.


D- stone.

QUESTION

Which of the following was a major advantage that Homo sapiens had over Neanderthals?

A- Larger brains

B- Complex language skills

C- The ability to use fire

D- Taller, more muscular bodies


B- Complex language skills

QUESTION

Which group represents modern humans?

A- The Olduvai group

B- Neanderthals

C- Homo sapiens

D-Homo habilis


C- Homo sapiens

QUESTION

Why were archaeologists interested in the cave paintings found near Lascaux in southern France?

A- The paintings were the first evidence of early humans ever found in France.

B- The paintings provided evidence that humans had become more complex

C- The caves had not existed during the last Ice Age.

D- Cave paintings were worth a great deal of money.


B- The paintings provided evidence that humans had become more complex

QUESTION

The era during which tools were first developed is known as

A- the Hunter-Gatherer Age.

B- the Old Stone Age.

C- the Age of Technology.

D- the Age of Fire and Stone.


B- the Old Stone Age.

QUESTION

What common characteristic united the members of a clan?

A- Similar religious beliefs

B- A common language

C- Burial practices

D- A common ancestor


D- A common ancestor

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CHAPTER 1 EARLY PEOPLE Test Review. QUESTION How do historians study early people?