WorksheetsChapter 2: Early Hominids
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
How do scientists think hominids first migrated to North America?
down rivers on bamboo rafts
in boats made out of hollow logs
over land that is now under water
by riding animals that could swim
If your profession is to study the development and culture of early hominids, then you are mostly likely...
a historian
a geographer
an archaeologist
an anthropologist
Which new capability enabled hominids to survive in the colder climate of Europe?
building fire and shelters
drawing art on cave walls
gathering food from plants
making tools out of bones
Which group is believed to be the first to live in Europe?
Homo Habilis
Homo Erectus
Homo Sapiens Sapiens
Australopithecus Afarensis
Which statement about Homo Habilis describes a capability that helped their group survive?
They knew how to make tools
They came before Neanderthals
They lived 1.5 million years ago
They had ape and human features
Where did the earliest hominids live?
South America
Africa
Asia
Australia
Which of these helped Homo Habilis survive against animal attacks?
building shelters
burying their dead
using bows and arrows
living together in groups
The name Homo Habilis Means:
Upright Man
Handy Man
Wise Man
Artist Man
At Neanderthal sites, evidence from burial mounds with flowers on them had been found. This led scientists to believe that Neanderthals had:
creative minds
a complex religion
a desire to make art
a sense of community
A paleoanthropologist specializes in the study of the
communication and social systems of early apes.
How to hunt for animals
kings and queens of the earliest modern humans.
development and culture of the earliest hominins.
