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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which of the following skills was part of the Paleolithic way of life?
detailed cave painting
the use of writing
the use of fire to alter metals
formation of government
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhat term describes Paleolithic man?FarmerHunter-gathererRenaissance ManNew Stone Age Man
- 3. Multiple ChoiceEarly man migrated from what area to populate the world?AfricaEuropeAsiaAmeria
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat made the Neolithic Age different from the Paleolithic Age?Settled communitiesIncreased AgriculturePottery & Weaving skillsAll of the above
- 5. Multiple ChoiceBy studying cave art, archaeologists determine -How people livedInterpret written recordsUnderstand spoken languageStudy farming techniques
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat development enabled man to live as farmers?Warm clothingDomestication of plants & animalsPotteryWheel
- 7. Multiple ChoiceThe time period before history was recorded is known as -RenaissanceMiddle AgesDark AgesPre-history
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat nickname did Donald Johanson give the early hominid remains that her discovered?MaryLuckyLucyKate
- 9. Multiple Choice
The movement patterns of early humans were mostly determined by:
Animal migration
Tribal wars
Religious practices
Language development
- 10. Multiple Choice
What was the major change caused by the agricultural revolution?
Increase of spoken languages
End of hunting
Development of permanent settlements
Elimination of trade
- 11. Multiple Choice
According to the timeline, when did the Neolithic era begin?
10,000 B.C.
4,000 B.C.
8,000 B.C.
14,000 B.C.
- 12. Multiple Choice
Identify the migration patterns of early hunter-gatherer societies.
Africa --> Eurasia --> Americas
Americas --> Eurasia --> Africa
Eurasia --> Americas --> Africa
Africa --> Americas --> Eurasia
- 13. Multiple Choice
What was the Neolithic Era?
A change from hunting and gathering to settled farming
A war that resulted in the migration of people to North America
A religious movement in which people began to practice monotheism
A period of time when the Earth's surface was mostly covered in ice
- 14. Multiple Choice
The majority of humans in the Paleolithic Age...
Were hunters and gatherers
Were nomadic
Used simple stone tools
All of the above
- 15. Multiple ChoiceNeolithicOld Stone AgeNew Stone AgeMiddle Stone AgeFlintstone Age
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the scientific name for modern human?________________PrehistoryHunter-GatherHomo SapiensHominids
- 17. Multiple ChoiceTo tame plants and animalsnomaddomesticatemigrateagriculture
- 18. Multiple ChoiceAn early ancestor of humansagriculturehominidmigratenomad
- 19. Multiple ChoiceThe time period after Jesus was born is formally referred to today asB.C.C.E.A.D.B.C.E
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWhat event occurred first?1000 BC1515 CE1000 AD1515 BCE
- 21. Multiple ChoiceThe gradual change in species over time is...EvolutionNucleotideAdaptationNatural Selection
- 22. Multiple ChoiceCave art dates back to which time period?The Old Stone AgeThe New Stone AgeThe RenaissanceThe Middle Ages
- 23. Multiple ChoiceWhich archaeological site is depicted-AleppoJerichoStonehengeCatalyhouk
- 24. Multiple Choice
Archaeologists learn about prehistoric people by studying all of the following except
Fossils
Written Records
Culture
Physical Remains
- 25. Multiple ChoiceWhich Neolithic site is there an international team of archaeologists carrying out new excavations in Anatolia?JerichoStonehengeAleppoCatalhoyuk
- 26. Multiple ChoiceAleppo and Jericho are two early cities located in -
the Fertile Crescentthe Sahara DesertEnglandAnatolia - 27. Multiple Choice
What characteristic best replaces the question mark in the chart?
Made and used fire
Grew crops on farms
Raised animals for their use
Lived in villages
- 28. Multiple Choice
The objects identified in the picture would most likely come from which period of time?
Neolithic Period
Paleolithic Period
Iron Age
Bronze Age
- 29. Multiple Choice
The Biblical theory that humans were created by "God" is known as:
Evolution
Creation
Intelligent Design
Christianity
- 30. Multiple Choice
What is an anthropologist?
a scientist who studies fossils.
a scientist who studies the cultural development of humans.
a doctor who delivers babies.
a student who is going to college.
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