Eastern Civ- Prehistory Practice Test

What is the title of a person who studies and researches about human cutlures?

• archaeologist

• anthropologist

• historian

• cultureologist

What human beings and other related creatures that walk upright called?

• fossils

• hominids

• cro-magnons

• homo-erectus

What period does the term "prehistory" refer to?

• between four million and one million years ago

• when australopithecines lived

• before people developed writing

• before the year 5500 BC

What is someone called who studies prehistory?

• archaeologists

• anthropologists

• paleontologists

• all of the above

What would you call someone who studies history by finding and analyzing artifacts and fossils?

• archaeologist

• anthropologist

• ancient historian

• zoologist

Which of these is not apart of "culture"?

• language

• social customs

• shared understanding

• rebellion

Common practices such as diet, use of tools, and clothing are components of culture.

• True

• False

Shared understanding like government, family, and class structure are apart of the components of culture.

• True

• False

Culture helps unify groups by overcoming individual differences in the areas of shared understanding, common practices, and having a social organization

• True

• False

The following description best scribes which of the following?

(Learned how to use fire; created the axe; known as "upright man")

• Homo erectus

• Homo sapiens

• Homo habilis

• Neanderthals