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Chapter 2: Early Hominids

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How do scientists think hominids first migrated to North America?

a)

down rivers on bamboo rafts

b)

in boats made out of hollow logs

c)

over land that is now under water

d)

by riding animals that could swim

2.

If your profession is to study the development and culture of early hominids, then you are mostly likely...

a)

a historian

b)

a geographer

c)

an archaeologist

d)

an anthropologist

3.

Which new capability enabled hominids to survive in the colder climate of Europe?

a)

building fire and shelters

b)

drawing art on cave walls

c)

gathering food from plants

d)

making tools out of bones

4.

Which group is believed to be the first to live in Europe?

a)

Homo Habilis

b)

Homo Erectus

c)

Homo Sapiens Sapiens

d)

Australopithecus Afarensis

5.

Which statement about Homo Habilis describes a capability that helped their group survive?

a)

They knew how to make tools

b)

They came before Neanderthals

c)

They lived 1.5 million years ago

d)

They had ape and human features

6.

Where did the earliest hominids live?

a)

South America

b)

Africa

c)

Asia

d)

Australia

7.

Which of these helped Homo Habilis survive against animal attacks?

a)

building shelters

b)

burying their dead

c)

using bows and arrows

d)

living together in groups

8.

The name Homo Habilis Means:

a)

Upright Man

b)

Handy Man

c)

Wise Man

d)

Artist Man

9.

At Neanderthal sites, evidence from burial mounds with flowers on them had been found. This led scientists to believe that Neanderthals had:

a)

creative minds

b)

a complex religion

c)

a desire to make art

d)

a sense of community

10.

A paleoanthropologist specializes in the study of the

a)
  1. communication and social systems of early apes.

b)

How to hunt for animals

c)
  1. kings and queens of the earliest modern humans.

d)
  1. development and culture of the earliest hominins.