Paleolithic/Neolithic

What is an anthropologist

• a scientist who studies ants and other insects

• a scientist who studies the cultural development of humans

• a scientist who studies anthrax and other dangerous chemicals

• a scientist who studies rocks and minerals

What is an archaeologist?

• a scientist who studies physics and math

• a scientist who studies rocks and minerals

• a scientists who studies old people who are alive today

• a scientist who studies past human life by analyzing fossils and artifacts

What is an artifact?

• a type of rock that modern gorillas find and use

• a type of rock that was especially useful to chimpanzees

• an object that occurs naturally in the world and is useful to humans

• an object made by humans from a past culture

What is a culture?

• a group of humans with nothing in common

• a type of virus that causes colds

• a group's way of life

• a type of bacteria that causes colds

What is a fossil?

• the remains of organisms that lived long ago

• the remains of old rocks that splintered falling from mountains

• a landform like a river or lake

• a landform like a mountain or hill

When did the first homo sapiens live?

• about 50,000 years ago

• about 75,000 years ago

• about 100,000 years ago

• about 200,000 years ago

What event probably motivated homo sapiens to move out of East Africa between 100,000-75,000 BCE?

• an earthquake

• a flood

• a drought

• a fire

What is megafauna?

• large plants

• large computer chips

• only large deer

• large animals

Why is ancient art important?

• art doesn't actually tell us anything important about ancient humans

• ancient art preserved accurate maps of Europe and Africa

• ancient art shows the skeletons of animals that never became fossils

• it shows a capacity for creativity, which separates humans from animals

What was the name of the ancient land bridge that connected the continents of Asia and North America?

• Beringia

• Bora Bora

• Brasilia

• Big Bridge