WorksheetsHuman Origins (VA WH I .2a,d)
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
According to scientists, when did human beings (Homo Sapien Sapiens) first appears on earth?
a)
10 million years ago
b)
10 thousand years ago
c)
100 thousand to 400 thaousand years ago
d)
They frolicked with the dinosaurs
2.
Where did humans first emerge on the planet?
a)
North America
b)
Eastern Africa
c)
Northern Asia
d)
South America
3.
Early human society was marked by division of labor and survival based on...
a)
hunting and gathering
b)
tool making and weaving
c)
government and merchants
d)
priests and scribes
4.
Early humans were nomadic, this means they...
a)
lived in villages
b)
wandered from place to place
c)
commuted to work
d)
vacationed during the summer
5.
In early human society, people lived in small groups called
a)
legions
b)
districts
c)
neighborhoods
d)
clans
6.
Why did early humans live nomadic lives, travelling from place to place?
a)
to get away from hot weather
b)
to find wild plants and animals
c)
to not get bored in one place
d)
to train their young to be cartographers
7.
What do we call people who study past cultures by locating and analyzing ancient settlements, fossils and artifacts?
a)
Historian
b)
Paleontologist
c)
Archeologist
d)
Proctologist
8.
An object made by humans is called a ____________ while human remains like a bone is called a ___________ .
a)
fossil, artifact
b)
treasure, oracle
c)
oracle, treasure
d)
artifact, fossil
9.
The most common test used to establish the age of an archaeological find is...
a)
ring number test
b)
laser crosscutting test
c)
chemical imbalance test
d)
radiocarbon dating test
10.
The structure pictured here that was started by people in the Neolithic Age and finished in the Bronze Age was ________ and was located in _______ .
a)
Stonehenge, England
b)
Lighthouse, Alexandria
c)
Colossus, Rhodes
d)
Great Wall, China
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