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Human Origins (World History)

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name

Class

Date

Where did humans originate?

Africa

Europe

Asia

Australia

____________________ is the study of the ancient and recent human past through material remains.

Archaeology

Anthropologist

History

Aeropostaleogy

Looking at the picture. Which of the following would work at this worksite?

anthropologist

archaeologist

bone collector

Funeral Director

A hominid is...

a bipedal primate (walks on 2 feet)

the predecesor of apes

similar to primates

none of the above

Opposable thumbs allow humans to...

hold utensils

write

tie knots

all of the above

Lucy is...

an ancestor with opposable thumbs

a close relative of neanderthals

a large brained ape

more like a lizard than spock

Which of these did the hunters and gatherers NOT have to develop before they could effectively work together?

tools

language

fire

domestication of animals

Known as the “man of skill”; lived in East Africa 1.4 to 2.5 million years ago

Homo Ergaster

Homo Erectus

Homo Habilis

Hominid

First hominid to use fire; might have developed language; First hominid to migrate from Africa; moved to Asia and Europe

Neanderthal

Homo Ergaster

Homo Erectus

Cro-Magnon

10.

Species name for modern humans; had larger brain than Homo Erectus...

Homo Ereptus

Human beans

Homo sapiens

Canine Erectus

11.

Neanderthals...

Physically identical to us!

Planned complicated hunts

Developed religious beliefs

built the pyramids

12.

Who was the first hominid to migrate from Africa and then moved to Asia and Europe?

Homo Africanes Travelus

Homo Asiatic

Homo Sapiens

Homo Erectus

13.

Paleontologists study fossils which are...

plant or animal remains preserved in rock

Human remains in man-made trenches

Animal made remains in funeral pyres

Dinosaur culture of current animal kingdom

14.

True or False: Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons are

ancestors of Homo sapiens.

True

False

15.

What type of physique did the Neanderthal have?

Weak muscle growth and multiple bone fracturing

Weak minded sloth-like body

Powerful muscles and thick bones

All of the above

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Human Origins (World History)

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 28mins

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