Lesson Quiz 1-1: Early Humans and the Agricultural Revolution

DIRECTIONS: True/False Indicate whether the statement is true or false. 1. Homo erectus lived in caves.

• True

• False

Neanderthals were able to control fire for warmth, cooking, and protection.

• True

• False

Homo habilis could adapt to extreme climates and began populating different parts of the world.

• True

• False

Homo sapiens developed more sophisticated tools and learned from one another.

• True

• False

This species was known as “handy man.”

• Australopithecines

• Homo habilis

• Homo erectus

• Denisovans

Homo habilis used tools made of this.

• bones

• metal

• stone

• wood

Where was the homeland of our early ancestors before they began to migrate about 2 million years ago?

• eastern Africa

• western Asia

• southern Europe

• northern Australia

What did Neanderthals wear for clothing to keep warm in harsh conditions?

• hardened mud

• grass capes

• large leaves

• animal skins

According to this migration theory, modern humans evolved independently at the same time from several scattered populations of early humans.

• Multiregional model

• Out-of-Africa model

• Transformation model

• bipedal model

The ability to walk upright on two legs is called:

• bipedalism

• quadropedalism

• bicyclepedalism

• tripedalism