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WorksheetsEarly Humans
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 14mins
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Class
Date
1.
Which statement best explains the migration of early humans?
a)
Rise of civilizations displaced other people.
b)
Natural disasters forced people to leave native lands.
c)
People searched for new sources of food.
d)
Religious conflicts made people leave disputed lands.
2.
Archaeology is the study of __________?
a)
Africans
b)
African Americans
c)
Human life in the past.
d)
Human life in the Future
3.
Why is it difficult to study the origins of humankind?
a)
There are no written records.
b)
There is not enough money
c)
No one wants to study them.
d)
No one understood the language
4.
What is a Nomad?
a)
People who travel from place to place depending on the season.
b)
People who do not know how to farm.
c)
People who never travel.
d)
People who are never angry
5.
What were the Neanderthals the first people to do?
a)
Use fire to cook food
b)
use tools
c)
Bury their dead
d)
Hunt with weapons
6.
For thousands of years Neanderthals and Modern Humans lived near one another. In the end who disappeared?
a)
Neanderthals
b)
Modern Humans
7.
How do Archaeologists learn about ancient people?
a)
They learn by examining fossils and artifacts.
b)
They learn by reading caveman books.
8.
3. Why were early humans always on the move?
a)
searching for food
b)
searching for riches
c)
running from animals
9.
Language made it easier for the people to do what?
a)
work together
b)
sing and dance
c)
write history books
10.
People who regularly move from place to place following the herds
a)
Nomads
b)
Domestication
c)
Historian
d)
Artifact
11.
The taming of animals and plants for human use
a)
Specialization
b)
Domestication
c)
Education
d)
Archaeology
12.
The development of different kinds/types of jobs
a)
Specialization
b)
Domestication
c)
Anthropology
d)
Fossils
13.
Traces of plants or animals that have been preserved in rock
a)
Fossils
b)
Artifacts
c)
Archaeologists
d)
Historians
14.
Tools and methods to help humans perform tasks
a)
technology
b)
specialization
c)
domestication
d)
historian
15.
What was fire NOT used for
a)
warmth
b)
cooking
c)
scaring away animals
d)
lighting matches
16.
the beliefs, customs, arts, etc., of a certain group
a)
culture
b)
historian
c)
nomads
17.
Which is a nomadic lifestyle?
a)
Moving from one place to another rather than living in a permanent home
b)
Having a permanent house
18.
Which of the following would NOT be a finding from prehistory?
a)
a stone tool
b)
cave art
c)
a bone
d)
a writing tablet
19.
What is the difference between apes and hominids?
a)
Apes are furry, hominids don't have hair
b)
Apes can us sign language
c)
Humans are mammals
d)
Humans walk upright + have opposable thumbs
20.
What is the main reason that early man stopped hunting and gathering and settled in villages?
a)
Agriculture: they were finally in control of their food sources.
b)
The animals they liked to eat became extinct
c)
Wild berries they gathered stopped growing during the winter season.
d)
They made weapons to hunt and gather more food.
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