Vocabulary Quiz on Early Humans

Complete the sentence: "It is difficult to know exactly when the first humans came to ______, but new discoveries hundreds of miles to the north suggest that people came to what is now the United States about 15,000 years ago."

• site

• South America

• stone

• century

Complete the sentence: "Situated in northern Tanzania, Olduvai Gorge is an archaeological ______ that has bones and fossils from many different human-like species."

• site

• stone

• century

• South America

Complete the sentence: "Early humans used tools made of ______ and animal bones."

• site

• stone

• century

• South America

Complete the sentence: "It is unusual for the two archaeologists to ______ on anything. They always disagree about the significance of new discoveries."

• prove

• see eye-to-eye

• reach

• site

Complete the sentence: "Traveling on the traditional Inca road, it takes four days to ______ Machu Picchu."

• prove

• reach

• see eye-to-eye

• site

Complete the sentence: "Columbus first arrived in the Americas toward the end of the 15th ______."

• site

• century

• stone

• South America

Complete the sentence: "These fossils and tools ______ that humans lived in this area over 30,000 years ago."

• prove

• reach

• see eye-to-eye

• site

Which of the following is a continent?

• site

• South America

• stone

• century

Which term refers to a place where archaeological remains are found?

• site

• stone

• century

• South America

Which word is used to describe a period of 100 years?

• site

• stone

• century

• South America