Ancient History Vocabulary Quiz

What is Anthropology?

• The study of ants and their development, including culture and behavior.

• The study of humans and their development, including human culture and human behavior.

• A really expensive store with useless nick-knacks.

• A robot with a human appearance

What is prehistory?

• The time period before written records.

• The time period before audio records.

• The time period before digital images.

• The time period after written records.

What is a hominid?

• Early relatives to modern day humans

• Early relatives to modern day apes

• Early relatives to modern day chimpanzees

• Direct descendants of monkees

The direct Latin translation is “wise man” and refers to the group including modern-day humans, which is believed to be the first hominid to develop language

• Homo sapiens

• Homo habilus

• Homo erectus

• Homer simpson

Neanderthals are...

• the closest hominid to humans who lived across Europe and central Asia, and believed to be the first hominid to bury their living

• the closest extinct hominid to humans who lived across Africa and believed to be the first hominid to bury their dead

• the closest extinct hominid to humans who lived across Europe and central Asia, and believed to be the first hominid to bury their dead

• the furthest hominid from humans who lived in central New Hampshire

Who was the oldest female Australopithecus (hominid) whose remains are more than 3 million years old?

• Ardi

• Lucy

• Otzi

• Lady Gaga

Who was Otzi?

• Homo sapien from the Stone Age who was discovered in a glacier. He is one of the oldest mummies in human history

• Homo erectus from the Stone Age who was discovered in a glacier. He is one of the oldest mummies in human history

• Homo habilus from the Stone Age who was discovered in a glacier. He is one of the oldest mummies in human history

• A third line winger for the Bruins, expected to lead the league in penalty minutes

period of time where humans invented and primarily used stone tools

• Bronze Age

• Stone Age

• Copper Age

• Rock Age

The Paleolithic Era was...

• Queens of the Stone Age, modern rock band circa 1996

• Old Stone Age, which occurred circa 5,000 years ago

• New Stone Age, which occurred circa 2.6 million years-10,000 years ago

• Old Stone Age, which occurred circa 2.6 million years-10,000 years ago

New Stone Age, occurred circa 10,000 years ago & is when we shifted to agriculture

• Paleolithic Era

• Neolithic Era

• The time when the Flintstones ruled the land

• Jurassic Period