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WorksheetsHominids
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Prehistoric humans are called _________________.
a)
Homo anthroape
b)
Hominids
c)
Lucy
d)
Cavemen
2.
_______________ specialize in studing the earliest hominids.
a)
Scientists
b)
Historians
c)
Zoologists
d)
Paleoanthropologists
3.
The remains of an early hominid that lived more than 3 million years ago was discovered by an American paleoanthropologist who nicknamed her _________.
a)
Susan
b)
Donald
c)
Hillary
d)
Lucy
4.
An animal that walks on two feet is called a _______.
a)
Moped
b)
Triped
c)
Biped
d)
Ape
5.
Named Homo habilis in honor of its ability to make tools, this hominid was also called __________.
a)
Java
b)
Handy Henry
c)
Handy Tool
d)
Handy Man
6.
Named Homo habilis in honor of its ability to make tools, this hominid was also called __________.
a)
Java
b)
Handy Henry
c)
Handy Tool
d)
Handy Man
7.
Who was the first hominid to use fire?
a)
Handy Man
b)
Homo sapiens sapiens
c)
Homo erectus
d)
Wise Man
8.
Lucy was a hominid known as Homo sapiens neaderthalensis.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
Australopithecus Afarensis lived before Homo Erectus.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
Neanderthals had a sense of ____________, they cared about one another and buried their dead.
a)
urgency
b)
pride
c)
community
d)
doom
11.
Homo sapiens sapiens invented the spear thrower and the ________________.
a)
flame thrower
b)
bow and arrow
c)
musket
d)
wheel
12.
Neanderthals survived longer by working __________.
a)
together
b)
alone
c)
individually
d)
long hours
13.
Homo erectus used fire to ___________.
a)
keep warm
b)
for protection
c)
cook
d)
all of these
14.
Homo sapiens neanderthalensis is also known as......
a)
Wise Man
b)
Upright Man
c)
Cave Man
d)
Doubly Wise Man
15.
Homo sapiens sapiens is also known as......
a)
Doubly Wise Man
b)
Wise Man
c)
Cave Man
d)
Upright Man
16.
Lucy was named after __________________________.
a)
the Peanuts character
b)
The Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"
c)
the actress Lucile Ball
d)
The TV show "I Love Lucy"
17.
Please place these hominids in the correct order they lived (from earliest to closest to our time)?
1) Homo Sapiens Sapiens
2) Lucy
3)Upright Man
4) Homo Habilis
5)Neanderthals
1) Homo Sapiens Sapiens
2) Lucy
3)Upright Man
4) Homo Habilis
5)Neanderthals
a)
1, 2, 4, 5, 3
b)
2, 4, 3, 5, 1
c)
2, 3, 4, 5, 1
d)
2, 5, 4, 3, 1
18.
What could Handy Man do that Lucy couldn't?
a)
swim
b)
walk upright
c)
raise children
d)
make simple tools
19.
Neanderthals survived by making better __________.
a)
weapons
b)
fires
c)
caves
d)
tools
20.
Having a larger brain meant Upright Man were able to invent more complex tools such as strong hand-axes made of stone.
a)
True
b)
False
21.
Homo sapiens sapiens invented the spear thrower and the ________________.
a)
flame thrower
b)
bow and arrow
c)
musket
d)
wheel
22.
Neanderthals had a sense of ____________, they cared about one another and buried their dead.
a)
urgency
b)
pride
c)
community
d)
doom
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