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Early Man 2020

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which hominid is the oldest?

a)

homo habilis

b)

homo sapiens

c)

australopithecus

d)

homo erectus

e)

homo sapien sapien

2.

How old is Homo habilis?

a)

from 500 thousand to 1 million years ago

b)

2.4 million years ago

c)

3 to 4 million years to ago

d)

4 to 5 million years ago

3.

How old was Australopithecus (Lucy) fossils?

a)

1 million years old

b)

2 million years old

c)

3 million years old

d)

4 to 5 million years old

4.

Which statement is true about hominids?

a)

There is no REAL evidence that they existed.

b)

They all could control fire.

c)

They all walked on two legs.

d)

They all had metal tools.

5.

What is another name for the Paleolithic Era?

a)

Old Stone Age

b)

Tool time

c)

Hominids

d)

Ice Age

6.

What were some of the similarities in the tools from homo habilis and homo erectus?

a)

made from wood, were smooth, were light and easy to carry

b)

were made of bone, could smash and chop

c)

made of stone, some were sharp, could kill, some could cut

d)

were made of steel, could cut, slice and smash and kill

7.

The society of early man that survived by hunting and gathering food was called?

a)

hominid society

b)

neanderthal

c)

eskimos

d)

hunter-gatherer society

8.

Which resource helped early man survive?

a)

tools

b)

groups

c)

controlling fire

d)

caves

e)

all of these

9.

What is an archaeologist?

a)

a scientist who studies societies of the modern times

b)

a person who digs

c)

a scientist who looks and studies the artifacts of the past.

d)

a scientist who studies aliens

10.

What is a hominid?

a)

a manlike specie that walks on two legs

b)

an ape with a large brain

c)

a monkey with modern ideas

d)

a specie that makes tools

11.

Which one of these was a tool of early man?

a)

the animal pulled plow

b)

the stone hand axe

c)

the iron metal knife

d)

the plastic spoon and fork

12.

When did the ice-age end?

a)

200,000 thousand years ago.

b)

1 million years ago

c)

4 million years ago

d)

10,000 years ago

13.

What is sedentary lifestyle?

a)

A life of moving from place to place following the animals.

b)

A life of hunting and gathering.

c)

A life of staying in one place building permanent villages.

d)

A lifestyle where the young take care of the old.

14.

What types of food did early man eat?

a)

meat only

b)

fish and meat

c)

vegetables, fish and meat

d)

fruits, nuts, berries, fish, meat, eggs, grasses, some insects

15.

Why did early man 500,000 yrs ago bury their dead?

a)

they believed in a life after death

b)

they did want to attract animals to their camp

c)

the dead can cause disease

d)

they didn't bury their dead