Human Origins & USA Map Quiz

What was the nickname for the Australopithecus body found by Don Johnson in the 1970s?

• Lucy
• Brad
• Stevie
• Lulu

Which of the following was a major effect of the Agricultural Revolution during the Neolithic time period?

• Humans developed permanent civilizations, had more free time
• Humans moved away from a bartering system
• Humans developed organized religion
• Humans began to be nomadic hunter-gatherers

Where did humans originate?

• Africa

• Europe

• Asia

• Australia

Lucy is...

• an ancestor with opposable thumbs 
• a close relative of neanderthals
• a large brained ape
• more like a lizard than spock

Aleppo and Jericho are located in...

• China

• Egypt

• The Indus River Valley

• The Fertile Crescent

According to the timeline, when did the Neolithic era begin?

• 10,000 B.C.

• 4,000 B.C.

• 8,000 B.C.

• 14,000 B.C.

Identify the migration patterns of early hunter-gatherer societies.

• Africa --> Eurasia --> Americas

• Americas --> Eurasia --> Africa

• Eurasia --> Americas --> Africa

• Africa --> Americas --> Eurasia

What tools do archaeologists use to tell the age of once-living things?

• Carbon-Dating

• Trowel

• Radar

• Sonar

What was the Neolithic Era?

• A change from hunting and gathering to settled farming

• A war that resulted in the migration of people to North America

• A religious movement in which people began to practice monotheism

• A period of time when the Earth's surface was mostly covered in ice

____________ allowed archaeologists to learn about the daily lives of Paleolithic humans.

• cave art

• agriculture

• wooden plow

• Cars