Prehistory Quiz

What do historians and scientists refer to as "prehistory?" What does it refer to?

• It just means ancient history

• The time period before written language

• The Middle Ages

• The time before history

What makes an anthropologist different than a geologist?

• A geologist studies insects and an anthropologist studies animals

• An anthropologist studies bacteria and a geologist studies rocks

• A geologist studies the earth and an anthropologist studies other planets

• An anthropologist studies past and present people and cultures and a geologist studies rocks.

Why is a fossil different from an artifact?

• A fossil is preserved remains of a plant, animal, or human

• An artifact and fossil are the same

• An artifact is plant remains.

• Anything found from the time of the dinosaurs

What does an archaeologist focus on?

• A scientist who is super old

• Studying evidence from the past.

• Studying rocks and the earth.

• A scientist who studies architecture

Archaeologists should also know a lot about _______, or the study of past and present people and cultures, along with ___________.

• anthropology and geology
• legology and burritology 
• biology and chemistry
• geology and astrology 

________ are evidence created by early humans showing pictures of how their lives might have been.

• Memes

• Family photos

• Hand prints

• Images

Artifacts can tell us what about the past?

• How people enjoyed art

• What was kept on their dvr

• The way in which early people lived

• How much prehistoric people enjoyed pottery

"Out of Africa Theory" is the theory about...

• how many people in Africa left the country due to government changes

• how Homo sapiens migrated from Africa and replaced Homo naledi.

• how Homo sapiens migrated from Africa and replaced Homo erectus.

• The theory about how "Out of Africa," the zoo, is a cool place to visit

Multiregional Theory explains how Homo sapiens...

• and Homo erectus migrated together across the world

• and Homo habilis migrated together across Asia, Australia, and North America

• replaced Homo erectus

• and Homo erectus came from different places

Southern Dispersal Theory says that Homo Sapiens migrated from Africa about 40,000 years ago and...

• migrated using water as a guide for survival.

• took a random route across Asia.

• migrated with other early humans.

• quickly returned to Africa as their were very afraid.