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WorksheetsEarly Humans and Civilization Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which continent do historians generally state as the location of the first humans?
a)
Asia
b)
North America
c)
Africa
d)
Europe
2.
What is a Hunter-Gatherer?
a)
People who live in sedentary villages.
b)
People who hunted animals and gathered plants for food.
c)
People who collect hunting tools.
d)
People who engage in systematic agriculture.
3.
Which is an example of an artifact?
a)
Food Scraps
b)
Lucy
c)
an arrowhead
d)
a bone buried deep in the ground
4.
Which of these is a fossil?
a)
Pottery
b)
Bone
c)
Arrowhead
d)
Jewelry
5.
Which of the following terms refers to the OLD STONE AGE?
a)
Polytheism
b)
Monotheistic
c)
Neolithic
d)
Paleolithic
6.
The period of "history" before the invention of writing was known as?
a)
History
b)
Verbal History
c)
Prehistory
d)
Ice Age
7.
Homo habilis
a)
First toolmaker
b)
First to use fire
c)
First to use spoken language!
8.
This hominid is believed to be the first to migrate from Africa.
a)
Australopithicene
b)
Homo Habilis
c)
Homo Erectus
d)
Homo Sapien
9.
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
10.
Farming and Domestication of Animals resulted in the beginning of....
a)
Paleolithic Age
b)
Metal Age
c)
Neolithic Age
d)
Fire Age
11.
The taming of animals for personal use.
a)
domestication
b)
domination
c)
animalization
d)
petting zoo
12.
What is the written script of the sumerians called?
a)
hieroglphs
b)
cuneiform
c)
calligraphy
d)
sanskrit
13.
What were the effects of the Neolithic Revolution?
a)
Surplus Food Supply
b)
Specialization of Jobs
c)
Permanent Settlements
d)
All of the above
14.
What is the discovery that started the Bronze Age?
a)
Charcoal
b)
Stone
c)
Wood
d)
Copper
15.
What was the most common reason in which ancient people chose to migrate, or move from place to place?
a)
They needed to find employment and an income
b)
To find resources such as food and shelter
c)
To explore the world.
d)
They needed to find better transportation.
16.
How did the start of farming change early human tribes?
a)
It forced them to stay in one place and build villages and cities.
b)
It caused them to continue to hunt animals and gather plants.
c)
It ended fighting between the tribes for land.
d)
It stopped them from building temples for their gods.
17.
Which of the following is the study of past societies based on what they left behind?
a)
History
b)
Radiocarbon dating
c)
Fossil Analysis
d)
Archaeology
18.
What do anthropologists study?
a)
Ethinicity
b)
Tools
c)
Culture
d)
Bugs
19.
Where was bronze made for the first time?
a)
Africa
b)
Asia
c)
Europe
d)
United States
20.
Government, writing, and religion are characteristics of a civilization.
a)
True
b)
False
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