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Origins of humans

Total questions: 129

Worksheet time: 2hrs 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
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
2.
What do archaeologists study?
a)
Fossilized bones and human artifacts
b)
Human culture
c)
Fossilized plants and animal materials
3.
What do anthropologists study?
a)
Human culture
b)
Fossilized bones and human artifacts
c)
Fossilized animal bones and remains
4.
Fossil evidence shows that humans originated in __________ before spreading across the globe.
a)
Europe
b)
Africa
c)
Asia
d)
America
5.
What is a hominid?
a)
A monkey
b)
A human-like creature that walks upright
c)
A type of artifact
6.

What was the nickname for the Australopithecine body found in the 1970s?

a)

Lucy

b)

Brad

c)

Stevie

d)

Lulu

7.
Which hominid was the first to make stone tools?
a)
Australopithecus Afarensis
b)
Homo Erectus
c)
Neanderthals
d)
Homo Sapiens Sapiens
8.
Which hominid was the first to make and control fire, and to leave Africa?
a)
Australopithecus Afarensis
b)
Homo Erectus
c)
Neanderthals
d)
Cro-Magnon
9.
Which hominid was the first anatomically modern human ancestor?
a)
Neanderthals
b)
Australopithecus Afarensis
c)
Homo Sapiens Sapiens
d)
Homo Erectus
10.
What does it mean that Paleolithic humans were nomads?
a)
They ate other humans
b)
They walked upright
c)
They moved around following their food source
11.
Which of the following is the "Old Stone Age"
a)
Paleolithic
b)
Neolithic
12.
What is the most likely reason that Paleolithic humans made cave paintings of animals?
a)
They thought they were cute
b)
Animals were important because they spent their whole day trying to get food
c)
They believed that animals were their gods
13.
Which of the following is the "New Stone Age"
a)
Paleolithic
b)
Neolithic
14.
How did the end of the Ice Age cause people to begin to settle down into a sedentary lifestyle?
a)
warmer weather meant vegetation died
b)
warmer weather meant that plants thrived which made it possible for humans to discover farming 
c)
they became nomads because it was warmer
15.
What is the Agricultural Revolution?
a)
The Industrial Revolution
b)
A period of time when humans began to hunt
c)
A period of time where humans began to farm and domesticate animals
16.
Which of the following was a major effect of the Agricultural Revolution?
a)
Humans developed permanent civilizations, had more free time
b)
Humans moved away from a bartering system
c)
Humans developed organized religion
d)
Humans began to be nomadic hunter-gatherers
17.
What does subsistence agriculture mean?
a)
Growing enough food to live on
b)
Growing lots of different types of food
18.
Rising temperatures and constant supply of food lead directly to which of the following?
a)
War
b)
Population growth
c)
Hunter-gatherer societies
d)
Greater artistic development
19.

What caused the Paleolithic people to be nomads?

a)

They had to flee from neighboring people

b)

They had to search for new sources of food

c)

They had to move to fertile soil

d)

They had to search for better jobs

20.

During the Neolithic Era which change first resulted in the creation of settled communities?

a)

Development of agriculture

b)

Invention of written language

c)

Specialization of labor

d)

Use of pottery

21.

Archaeologists are people who

a)

Study how plants grow

b)

Study geographic patterns

c)

Dig canals and irrigation ditches

d)

Dig artifacts like tools and pottery

22.

In which time period did humans settle in small farming villages?

a)

Ice Age

b)

Paleolithic Age

c)

Bronze Age

d)

Neolithic Age

23.

The majority of humans in the Paleolithic Age...

a)

Were hunters and gatherers

b)

Were nomadic

c)

Used simple stone tools

d)

All of the above

24.

What is a nomad?

a)

People who move from place to place depending on the seas and food supply

b)

People who are never mad

c)

People who travel

d)

Hominids that lived in permanent structures and villages

25.

During the Ice Age, people moved out of Africa into parts of Europe and Asia using ___________.

a)

Boats and canoes

b)

Land bridges

c)

Planes

d)

Nomads swam across the oceans

26.

According to historians, the earliest Hominids were discovered in _______.

a)

Europe

b)

Asia

c)

South America

d)

Africa

27.

How did the use of metal tools most affect the development of civilizations during the Neolithic Age?

a)

By allowing for the development of long-distance trade

b)

By improving the transportation of goods between regions

c)

By expanding the productivity of agricultural labor

d)

By increasing dependence on hunting and gathering

28.

How did the development of agriculture most influence the emergence of early civilizations?

a)

By establishing organized hunting groups

b)

By supporting a nomadic lifestyle

c)

By increasing the size of the population

d)

By allowing for the formation of democratic government

29.

Which of the following would be considered technology used in the prehistory time period? (Select all that apply)

a)

Stone tools

b)

Computer

c)

Fire

d)

Metals

30.

The development of different kinds/types of job is ___________.

a)

Anthrolpology

b)

Fossils

c)

Domestication

d)

Specialization

31.
What happened soon after settled groups started to thrive?
a)
Governments were organized
b)
people began taming animals
c)
people started growing crops
d)
people began making tools from stone
32.
What climate change led to the growth of cultural hearths in China's river valleys?
a)
warmer and wetter weather
b)
a slight cooling of temperatures because an ice age was starting
c)
wide swings in the weather with periodic droughts
d)
hot, dry weather
33.
What are two major building blocks of civilizaton?
a)
domesticating animals and having a matriarchal society
b)
practicing agriculture and having a matriarchal society
c)
domesticating animals and having an organized religion
d)
practicing agriculture and having an organized religion
34.
Besides helping people obtain goods from far away, why was trading important?
a)
It led to people making stone, rather than metal, tools.
b)
It forced people to move from the cities to rural areas.
c)
It helped spread ideas across a broad area.
d)
It led to a decrease in population.
35.
Which of the traits of a complex civilization led to using metals to make tools?
a)
improved technologies
b)
creation of cities
c)
record keeping
d)
complex institutions
36.
What is a place called where new ideas and practices first began?
a)
nomadic community
b)
civilization
c)
matrilineal clan
d)
cultural hearth
37.
How could Çatalhöyük be described?
a)
It was a Paleolithic village.
b)
It is one of the world's oldest known settlements.
c)
It was located in northern Africa.
d)
It was located in present-day Mexico.
38.
What happened soon after communities started to thrive?
a)
People began taming animals
b)
People started growing crops.
c)
Governments were organized.
d)
People began making tools from stone.
39.
Record keeping was performed by what specialized worker?
a)
merchant
b)
weaver
c)
priest
d)
scribe
40.
Which geographical features were mainly responsible for creating the Fertile Crescent?
a)
Nile River and Mediterranean Sea
b)
Wei and Huang He rivers
c)
Tigris and Euphrates rivers
d)
Tehuaćan river and Pacific Ocean
41.
Why are cultural hearths important?
a)
They led to humans leaving Africa for other parts of the world. 
b)
They allowed new ideas, practices, and technology to develop.
c)
They shared inventions by trading with one another.
d)
They encouraged people to live as nomads.
42.
Which of the following best describes Göbekli Tepe?
a)
an apartment house
b)
a government building
c)
a place of worship
d)
a central market area
43.
What is monumental architecture?
a)
colorful murals that decorated the outside of buildings
b)
groups of homes built close together, without streets or sidewalks.
c)
massive gravesites
d)
large structures built for specific purposes
44.
What development in human society came after the ancient cultural hearths?
a)
toolmaking
b)
matrilineal clans
c)
farming villages
d)
civilizations
45.
What was at the heart of cities in early civilizations?
a)
people's homes
b)
trading centers
c)
temples and other religious buildings
d)
schools and libraries
46.
Why was metallurgy a key development?
a)
It allowed people to store food for long periods.
b)
Making tools from metal did not require as much skill as making them from stone.
c)
Stronger and more complex tools could be made.
d)
People could build vehicles, such as carts, that used wheels.
47.
____________________ is the study of the ancient and recent human past through material remains. 
a)
Archaeology
b)
Anthropologist
c)
History
d)
Aeropostaleogy
48.
Looking at the picture.  Which of the following would work at this worksite?
a)
anthropologist
b)
archaeologist
c)
bone collector
d)
Funeral Director
49.
A hominid is...
a)
a bipedal primate (walks on 2 feet)
b)
the predecesor of apes
c)
similar to primates
d)
none of the above
50.
Opposable thumbs allow humans to...
a)
hold utensils
b)
write
c)
tie knots
d)
all of the above
51.
Lucy is...
a)
an ancestor with opposable thumbs 
b)
a close relative of neanderthals
c)
a large brained ape
d)
more like a lizard than spock
52.

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

a)

tools

b)

language

c)

fire

d)

domestication of animals

53.
Known as the “man of skill”; lived in East Africa 1.4 to 2.5 million years ago
a)
Homo Ergaster
b)
Homo Erectus
c)
Homo Habilis 
d)
Hominid
54.
First hominid to use fire; might have developed language; First hominid to migrate from Africa; moved to Asia and Europe
a)
Neanderthal
b)
Homo Ergaster
c)
Homo Erectus
d)
Cro-Magnon
55.
Species name for modern humans; had larger brain than Homo Erectus...
a)
Homo Ereptus
b)
Human beans
c)
Homo sapiens
d)
Canine Erectus 
56.
Neanderthals...
a)
Physically identical to us! 
b)
Planned complicated hunts 
c)
Developed religious beliefs 
d)
built the pyramids
57.

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

a)

Homo Africanes Travelus

b)

Homo Asiatic

c)

Homo Sapiens

d)

Homo Erectus

58.

Paleontologists study fossils which are...

a)

plant or animal remains preserved in rock

b)

Human remains in man-made trenches

c)

Animal made remains in funeral pyres

d)

Dinosaur culture of current animal kingdom

59.

True or False: Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons are

ancestors of Homo sapiens.

a)

True

b)

False

60.

What type of physique did the Neanderthal have?

a)

Weak muscle growth and multiple bone fracturing

b)

Weak minded sloth-like body

c)

Powerful muscles and thick bones

d)

All of the above

61.
Early humans who lived by hunting animals and gathering small plants 
a)
Hunter Gatherers
b)
Clans
c)
Neanderthals
d)
Homo Habilis
62.
Early humans often followed patterns of _______________, based on seasons and the behaviors of animals.
a)
hunting
b)
farming
c)
fishing
d)
migration
63.
Different environmental conditions, such as the ice age caused early humans to have to _________ in order to survive
a)
adapt
b)
build fires
c)
stockpile food
d)
migrate
64.
The earliest tools were often made from 
a)
iron
b)
animal skins
c)
fossils
d)
stone
65.
The technology that the biggest effect on early human development was
a)
Gathering plants
b)
Fire
c)
Clans
d)
Written language
66.
Homo sapiens means
a)
modern man
b)
walks upright
c)
wise people
d)
large-brained
67.
What common characteristics united the members of a clan?
a)
Same religious beliefs
b)
Common language
c)
Burial practices
d)
Common ancestor
68.
In the roles of men and women in Hunter Gatherer societies, who was responsible for gathering plants and berries.
a)
Women
b)
Men
c)
Children
d)
Both men and women
69.
During the last Ice Age, scientists believe that early humans were able to cross from the continent of Asia to North America by what geographical feature
a)
Highways
b)
Land bridges
c)
Straits
d)
Peninsulas
70.
Archaeologists use _______ to learn about what early humans may have been like. 
a)
dust
b)
fossils
c)
sandstone
d)
fossil fuel
71.
The time before written records.
a)
prehistory
b)
cuneiform
c)
nomad
d)
Ice Age
72.
A person who studies the past.
a)
historian
b)
mathematician
c)
psychologist
d)
anthropologist
73.
Tools and skills that people use to meet their needs and wants. 
a)
arrow heads
b)
computers
c)
stone tools
d)
technology
74.
When you have more than you need; extra
a)
resource
b)
barter
c)
social classes
d)
surplus
75.
This occurred once agriculture began.  People are free to learn a skill or trade.
a)
agriculture
b)
farming
c)
job specialization
d)
domesticate
76.
The domestication of plants and animals.
a)
agriculture
b)
job specialization
c)
domesticate
d)
migration
77.
This word means "surroundings"
a)
resource
b)
nomad
c)
environment
d)
clan
78.
How did the world change when modern humans populated it?
a)
There were humans on every island.
b)
There were humans only in Africa.
c)
There were humans in every continent except Antarctica.
d)
There were humans just in warm places.
79.
The Neolithic age is also known as the 
a)
Mesolithic age
b)
Paleolithic Age
c)
Old Stone Age
d)
New Stone age
80.
homo sapiens originated in 
a)
Mesopotamia
b)
Fertile Crescent
c)
Asia
d)
Africa
81.
The time period after Jesus was born is formally referred to today as 
a)
B.C.
b)
C.E.
c)
A.D.
d)
B.C.E
82.
Early humans learned to adapt to their environment during the Ice Age by 
a)
finding better shelter and environments to live.
b)
making warmer clothes.
c)
using fire.
d)
All of the above
83.
Domesticating animals meant that the 
a)
animals could now live in the houses with people.
b)
animals could live with each other in barns.
c)
animals could now be eaten.
d)
animals were tamed and not wild
84.
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.
85.
Which statement best describes hunters and gatherers?
a)
They were experts at using their environment to meet their basis needs. 
b)
The tools they made from metal helped them to survive.
c)
They domesticated animals to help with daily activities. 
d)
They developed ways to bring water to their crops. 
86.
What was the main role women played in Paleolithic society?
a)
Women gathered wild plants for food. 
b)
Women hunted animals for food.
c)
Women planted seeds for food. 
d)
Women domesticated animals for food. 
87.
Which statement best describes the clothing of early cultures?
a)
Paleolithic people learned to weave plants for cloth. 
b)
Neolithic people used only animal skins for clothing.
c)
Paleolithic people used wool collected from domesticated sheep. 
d)
Neolithic people made clothes from cloth, wool, and animal skins. 
88.
Men hunted while women often looked for items to gather like roots, berries and nuts. Plants were 70% of their diet.
a)
Neolithic Man
b)
Paleolithic Man
89.
People began to tame goats, sheep, pigs, and cattle.
a)
Neolithic Man
b)
Paleolithic Man
90.
This may be the most important development in human history.
a)
cultural revolution
b)
language revolution
c)
agricultural revolution
d)
american revolution
91.
An archaeologist would take part in which of the following?
a)
map trade routes
b)
examine field notes to write about
c)
study the way societies interacted
d)
analyze radiocarbon dating test results
92.
What was an effect of the Neolithic Revolution?
a)
the use of fire
b)
stone and bone technology
c)
decrease in population
d)
specialization of jobs
93.
What event occurred first?
a)
1000 BC
b)
1515 CE
c)
1000 AD
d)
1515 BCE
94.
The gradual change in species over time is...
a)
Evolution
b)
Nucleotide 
c)
Adaptation
d)
Natural Selection
95.

The domestication of plants and animals.

a)

agriculture

b)

job specialization

c)

domesticationism

d)

migration

96.

This may be the most important development in human history, which also allowed humans to create civilizations.

a)

Cultural Revolution

b)

Language Revolution

c)

Agricultural Revolution

d)

American revolution

97.

The act of leaving one's own country to settle permanently in another; moving abroad.

a)

Migration

b)

Immigration

c)

Emigration

d)

Segregation

98.

The action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country.

a)

Migration

b)

Immigration

c)

Emigration

d)

Segregation

99.

The Biblical theory that humans were created by "God" is known as:

a)

Evolution

b)

Creation

c)

Intelligent Design

d)

Christianity

100.

Herding animals, usually for the purpose of a food source is known as:

a)

Livestocking

b)

Farming

c)

Herdalism

d)

Pastoralism

101.

A ______________ factor of migration is one that causes a person to leave an area.

a)

Push

b)

Pull

c)

Lame

d)

Force

102.

A/an ______________ factor of migration is one that causes a person to come to an area.

a)

Push

b)

Pull

c)

Intimidating

d)

Enticing

103.

Actions/events caused by humans that make someone want to migrate are known as ____________ factors of migration.

a)

Human

b)

Physical

c)

Earth

d)

Population

104.

Actions/events caused by the earth that make someone want to migrate are known as ____________ factors of migration.

a)

Human

b)

Physical

c)

Earth

d)

Population

105.

A Hurricane would be considered a ______________ cause of migration that is also a ____________ factor.

a)

Physical; Push

b)

Physical; Pull

c)

Human; Push

d)

Human; Pull

106.

Moving to Florida for better weather would be considered a ______________ cause of migration that is also a ____________ factor.

a)

Physical; Push

b)

Physical; Pull

c)

Human; Push

d)

Human; Pull

107.

Moving to an area for better job opportunities would be considered a ______________ cause of migration that is also a ____________ factor.

a)

Physical; Push

b)

Physical; Pull

c)

Human; Push

d)

Human; Pull

108.

Moving away from a violent neighborhood would be considered a ______________ cause of migration that is also a ____________ factor.

a)

Physical; Push

b)

Physical; Pull

c)

Human; Push

d)

Human; Pull

109.

The development of agriculture allowed for people to focus on specific trades and/or skills that were beneficial to the civilization. This was known as:

a)

Marksmanship

b)

Specialization

c)

Beneficialism

d)

Specification

110.

Belief in one god is known as:

a)

Onierology

b)

Monotheism

c)

Polytheism

d)

Oneness

111.

Belief in one more than one god is known as:

a)

Onierology

b)

Monotheism

c)

Polytheism

d)

Oneness

112.

The discovery of ______ led scientists to believe that ancient people developed skills to survive.

a)

transportation

b)

tools

c)

communities

d)

fire

113.

The Neolithic period featured people who settled into communities called villages. The Neolithic Revolution introduced:

a)

fire

b)

farming

c)

spears

d)

books

114.

A "civilization" is characterized by having:

a)

an organized government

b)

millions of people

c)

schools

d)

none of the above

115.

Civilizations were often led by chiefs or elders and a social class began to evolve based on the work each person did for the community. This began a social system of:

a)

revolution

b)

ranking

c)

rebellion

d)

cooperation

116.

Early writing was done in the form of:

a)

pictographs

b)

communication

c)

code bars

d)

alphabet

117.

What are geologists able to tell archaeologists about fossils?

a)

the beliefs of early people

b)

how early people lived

c)

what they were used for

d)

how old they are

118.

What does an archaeologist study?

a)

why people need certain foods to survive

b)

what happens if certain chemicals are combined

c)

the things that people in the past left behind

d)

how people act when they are together

119.

Which describes one way that early hunter-gatherers got food?

a)

They used tools to kill them.

b)

They grew seeds and nuts.

c)

They used chickens to lay eggs.

d)

They grew crops on farms.

120.

What is a kind of technology used by early Stone Age humans?

a)

burial

b)

fire

c)

crops

d)

eggs

121.

What happens during a revolution?

a)

Life changes some

b)

Life changes a little

c)

Life doesn't change at all

d)

Life changes completely.

122.

What made the first villages possible?

a)

government

b)

armies

c)

warm clothing

d)

farming

123.

Specialization includes people who

a)

are very good at one skill

b)

can solve almost any problem

c)

speak one language very well

d)

grow all their own food

124.

What is a set of shared beliefs about the world- one of the features of a civilization.

a)

the arts

b)

government

c)

religion

d)

job specialization

125.

What was the main unit of Stone Age culture?

a)

large tribes led by several leaders

b)

a mother, a father, and children

c)

a small group or band of people

d)

groups of either hunters or gatherers

126.

What group was the first to bury its dead?

a)

hunter-gatherers

b)

homo sapiens

c)

Neanderthals

d)

early Stone Age humans

127.

What is the term for the belief that spirits fill the natural world?

a)

animism

b)

humanism

c)

naturalism

d)

spiritualism

128.

What is a clan?

a)

a grandfather, a father, and a grandson

b)

a group of families with a common ancestor

c)

a group of unrelated people who share beliefs

d)

a mother, a father, and their children

129.

When there is a surplus of food,

a)

extra food spoils

b)

not enough rain fails to grow food

c)

people wait in line for food

d)

families have extra food.

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