Quiz 1 Fendryk

the period of time before writing was invented

• prehistory

• pretent

• pasthistory

• archaic period

person who studies events in the past

• astronomer

• archeologists

• historians

• scientists

an object made by a human being, such as a tool or weapon

• Animal
• Plant
• Artifact
• Natural Resource

the study of the origins and development of people and their societies

• Anthropology
• Psychology
• Sociology
• Philosophy

the beliefs, customs, practices, and behaviors of a particular nation or group of people

• Culture
• Religion
• Tradition
• Ethnicity

the scientific study of ancient cultures through the examination of artifacts and other evidence.

• Archaeology
• Geology
• Astronomy
• Biology

British paleoanthropologist who discovered the first fossilized Proconsul skull, an extinct ape which is now believed to be ancestral to humans. She also discovered the robust Zinjanthropus skull at Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania, eastern Africa. For much of her career she worked with her husband, ________, at Olduvai Gorge, where they uncovered fossils of ancient hominines and the earliest hominins, as well as the stone tools produced by the latter group.

• Richard Leakey
• Mary Leakey

• Charles Darwin
• David Attenborough

Kenyan-British palaeoanthropologist and archaeologist whose work was important in demonstrating that humans evolved in Africa, particularly through discoveries made at Olduvai Gorge with his wife, fellow palaeoanthropologist _________. Having established a programme of palaeoanthropological inquiry in eastern Africa, he also motivated many future generations to continue this scholarly work.

• Louis Leakey

• Jane Goodall
• Dian Fossey
• Birute Galdikas

Tanzania is one of the most important paleoanthropological localities in the world; the many sites exposed by the gorge have proven invaluable in furthering understanding of early human evolution. A steep-sided ravine in the Great Rift Valley that stretches across East Africa, it is about 48 km (30 mi) long, and is located in the eastern Serengeti Plains within the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in the Olbalbal ward located in Ngorongoro District of Arusha Region, about 45 kilometres (28 miles) from Laetoli, another important archaeological locality of early human occupation.

• The description is about the Grand Canyon
• The description is about the Great Wall of China
• The description is about the Olduvai Gorge
• The description is about the Amazon Rainforest

the skills and tools people use to meet there basic needs.

• Technology
• Art
• Music
• Sports