Honors: Early Humans Part 1

Open Ended

What is the difference between a fossil and an artifact?

Multiple Choice

Where is it believed that the earliest humans originated?

• Africa

• Asia

• Europe

• Australia

Open Ended

How did physical geography influence (affect) the lives and movements of early humans?

Multiple Select

Which of the following are types of evidence that scientists have found to study early humans?

• Artifacts

• Fossils

• Written records

• Human remains

Multiple Choice

Which early hominid is known as the first humanlike creature to walk upright?

• Australopithecus

• Homo Habilis

• Neanderthal

• Cro-Magnon

Multiple Choice

Which early human ancestor was the first to have a full skeleton discovered and is famously known as "Lucy"?

• Australopithecus

• Homo habilis

• Homo erectus

• Neanderthal

Multiple Select

Which of the following statements about Homo habilis are correct?

• Lived between 2.5 and 1.5 million years ago

• Known as the "upright man"

• First to make stone tools

• Means "man of skill"

Open Ended

Describe how the development and use of stone tools might have impacted the daily lives of Homo habilis.

Multiple Choice

Remains of Homo erectus have been found on which continents?

• Africa, Asia, and Europe

• Africa and North America

• Asia and Australia

• Europe and South America

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a major achievement of Homo erectus?

• They developed new ways of using stone tools

• They built large cities

• They invented agriculture

• They created written language