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Early Humans (after a week or two)

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where do anthropologists believe that human beings first lived?

a)

Alaska

b)

Africa

c)

Asia

d)

Europe

2.

How tall was Lucy?

a)

Taller than Mr. Kirshen

b)

3-4 feet tall

c)

6 feet tall

d)

5 feet tall

3.

The word homo sapien sapiens means

a)

upright human

b)

handy handy humans

c)

wise human

d)

wise wise human

4.

Early humans who moved from place to place in search of food. They would often follow herds and gather plants along the way.

a)

hunter-gatherers

b)

stone age

c)

paleolithic

d)

ice age

5.
Homo Habilis means...
a)
Java Man
b)
Upright Humans
c)
Big Cliff
d)
Handy Humans
6.

Which 2 groups did NOT use fire?

a)

Homo Habilis

b)

Homo Sapiens Sapiens

c)

Homo Erectus

d)

Australopithecines

7.
Homo Erectus means.....
a)
Upright Human
b)
Handy Human
c)
Peking Man
d)
Wise Man
8.
Lucy is an example of a/an...
a)
Australopithecine
b)
Home erectus
c)
Homo sapien
d)
Homo habilis
9.

What group of people created cave art?

a)

Homo Sapiens Sapiens

b)

Neanderthals

c)

Homo Erectus

d)

Homo Habilis

10.

ALL human ancestors that walk upright are called...

a)
homo erectus
b)
hominids
c)

homo habilis

d)
prehistoric
11.
Which hominid was the first to leave Africa, have clothing, and make fire?
a)
Homo Sapien Neanderthal
b)
Homo Habilis
c)
Homo Sapien Sapiens
d)
Homo Erectus
12.

Which two groups of hominids have the biggest brains?

a)

Homo Habilis & Homo Erectus

b)

Neanderthal & Homo Sapien Sapiens

c)

Homo Habilis & Neanderthal

d)

Homo Erectus & Homo Sapiens

13.
The first hominid capable of making simple stone tools.
a)
Homo Habilis
b)
Australopithicene
c)
Homo Erectus
d)
Homo Sapien
14.

The first hominid to bury their dead and care for their injured.

a)

Australopithicene

b)

Homo Erectus

c)

Homo Habilis

d)

Neanderthal

15.

An animal that walks on two feet is _______.

a)

Patella

b)

Femur

c)

Bipedal

d)

a primate

16.

What does AD stand for?

a)

Before Christ

b)

Anno Domini

c)

After Death

d)

Common Era

17.

What does anthropology mean?

a)

the study of humans

b)

the study of life

c)

the study of artifacts

d)

the study of human fossils

18.

Who believes that all people were made by a god or gods?

a)

a Creationist

b)

an Evolutionist

19.

What theory states that all living creatures change over time?

a)

Evolution

b)

Creation

c)

Anthropology

d)

Biology

20.

Who created the theory of evolution after he studied finches?

a)

Charles Darwin

b)

Don Johanson

c)

Louis Leakey

d)

Tom Gray

21.

What song by the Beatles inspired the name Lucy in 1974?

a)

Here Comes Lucy

b)

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

c)

All You Need is Lucy

d)

Lucy & the Walrus