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- 1. Multiple Choice
How do archaeologists determine the age of fossils?
Carbon Dating
Radon Dating
Helium Dating
Hydrogen Dating
- 2. Multiple Choice
Identify the migration patterns of early hunter-gatherer societies.
Africa --> Eurasia --> Americas
Americas --> Eurasia --> Africa
Eurasia --> Americas --> Africa
Africa --> Americas --> Eurasia
- 3. Multiple Choice
According to historians, the earliest Hominids were discovered in _______.
Europe
Asia
South America
Africa
- 4. Multiple ChoiceSpecies name for modern humans; had larger brain than Homo Erectus...Homo EreptusHuman beansHomo sapiensCanine Erectus
- 5. Multiple ChoiceDuring the last Ice Age, scientists believe that early humans were able to cross from the continent of Asia to North America by what geographical featureHighwaysLand bridgesStraitsPeninsulas
- 6. Multiple ChoiceThe time before written records.prehistorycuneiformnomadIce Age
- 7. Multiple ChoiceScientist who studies earlier peoples and cultures using artifacts and remainsArchaeologistArtifactAgricultureAngel
- 8. Multiple ChoiceThe way of life of a given people at a given time, including language, behavior and religious beliefs, etc.ArtifactCultureFossilDomestication
- 9. Multiple Choice
The Biblical theory that humans were created by "God" is known as:
Evolution
Creation
Intelligent Design
Christianity
- 10. Multiple Choice
Modern humans and their closest relatives belong to the same family. Members of this family are called:
hominids
primates
homo sapiens
Lucy
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which hominid species is most closely related to Homo sapiens?
Homo habilis
Australopithecus afarensis
Homo neanderthalensis
Homo heidelbergensis
- 12. 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.
- 13. Multiple Choice
Historian
Someone who studies the past through what has been written.
Someone who studies the past through the artifacts left behind.
A member of a culture in which people hunt animals and look for plants to eat instead of growing crops and raising animals.
Believing in the idea that everyone has equal rights or a say in decision making. Most Early Human groups made decisions in this way.
- 14. Multiple Choice
What does B.C. mean?
Before Common
Before Christ
Before Christmas
Batman Character
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhich technology had a major effect on early human development?the use of firethe gathering of plantsthe building of large citiesthe use of a written language
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhat does AD stand for in relation to time?Anno DominiAfter DeathAfter DarkAlmost Done
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the below human-like traits did Lucy and Australopithecus aferensis have?They spoke languageThey built sheltersThey buried their deadThey walked upright
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhy was Homo Habilis nicknamed "Handy Man"?He helped other members of his groupHe knew how to build firesHe made and used simple toolsHe was able to build shelters
- 19. Multiple Choice
This human species literally means "upright man".
Ausrtrolopithicenes
Homo Habilis
Homo Erectus
Home Sapiens
- 20. Multiple Choice
This human species were believe the first ones to make fire.
Ausrtrolopithicenes
Homo Habilis
Homo Erectus
Home Sapiens
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