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History Ch. 1-Paleolithic Age

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Homo sapiens means

a)

early man

b)

wise man

c)

tool man

d)

old man

2.

Fossils are the remains of organisms such as

a)

fur

b)

cells

c)

bones

d)

teeth

3.

What tools did early man make out of bones?

a)

fishhooks

b)

harpoons

c)

pliers

d)

staplers

4.

Early humans used flint, a rock that could become razor-sharp, to perform tasks such as :

a)

chopping wood

b)

making bracelets

c)

cutting meat

d)

skinning animals

5.

What images are mostly in cave art?

a)

rainbows

b)

large animals

c)

handprints

d)

geometric shapes

6.

On which continent were Homo sapiens first living?

a)

Asia

b)

Australia

c)

Greenland

d)

Africa

7.

Why did paleolithic people have to move so much?

a)

they lost their jobs

b)

fires

c)

to find animals to hunt

d)

climate change

8.

What is a drought?

a)

hot, dry weather

b)

a tsunami

c)

a rainstorm

d)

a desert

9.

Culture is the way people live. Which of the following is an element of culture?

a)

Clothing

b)

Camping

c)

Family structure

d)

Religion

10.

What is technology?

a)

application of ideas only

b)

application of resources to build stuff

c)

application of computers

d)

application of knowledge, tools, and invention

11.

What do archaeologists

Interpret?

a)

artifacts

b)

plants

c)

letters

d)

bones

12.

What does nomad mean?

a)

a happy person

b)

an unmarried person

c)

a person who moves from place to place

d)

a person who doesn't have a job

13.

Because of the Ice Age, a land bridge was created that connected Siberia with North America. What was it called?

a)

Isthmus

b)

Beringia

c)

The Bering Straight

d)

Gibralter

14.

The scientist that led a team in 1967 and found two homo sapiens skulls:

a)

Lindsay Leakey

b)

Lucy

c)

Leo Leakey

d)

Richard Leakey

15.

The skulls found near the Omo river are actually how many years old?

a)

150,000 years old

b)

195,000 years old

c)

2 million years old

d)

3,000 years old

16.

What is migration?

a)

movement

b)

permanency

c)

a flock of birds

d)

windy weather

17.

After Africa, where did Homo sapiens first migrate to?

a)

Australia

b)

SW Asia

c)

East Asia

d)

SW America

18.

This word means “large animals”

a)

Big Bird

b)

Megafauna

c)

Colossus

d)

Gigantumals

19.

Which technology during paleolithic times was invented that provided warmth and light?

a)

light bulb

b)

lightning

c)

a stove

d)

fire

20.

How big was a woolly mammoth?

a)

15 tons

b)

4,000 pounds

c)

20 feet

d)

9-11 feet