WHI.2-Prehistory Practice Test

the period of time before man started writing things down

• prehistory

• paleolithic

• neolithic

• history

Which of the following is an example of an artifact?

• cave art

• pottery

• fossil

• bones

The first hominids were _____.

• homo sapiens sapiens

• neanderthals

• homo habilis

• australopithecus

Where did Australopithecus first emerge?

• Great Rift Valley

• Fertile Crescent

• Mesopotamia

• Neander River

Homo habilis as "_____ man."

• wise

• handy

• fire

• cave

Which of the following is not a characteristic of Paleolithic man?

• developed an oral language

• learned to make and use fire

• were hunter-gatherers

• made pottery

When man first began using agriculture, that is known as the _____ Revolution.

• Domestication

• Human

• Barter

• Neolithic

Paleolithic people lived in _____.

• townships

• settlements

• clans

• huts

The first animal to be domesticated was the _____.

• cat

• dog

• goat

• camel

Paleolithic people may have practice what form of religion?

• animism

• polytheism

• monotheism

• Christianity