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WorksheetsFrom the Beginning of Time
Total questions: 93
Worksheet time: 21mins
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Class
Date
1.
Hominids belonged to the family of ...
a)
Hominidae
b)
Hominoid
c)
Homo sapiens
d)
None of the above
2.
Earliest fossil found in Europe was
a)
Homo Heidelbergensis
b)
Homo Neanderthals
c)
Option 1 and option 2
d)
None of the above
3.
Compared with Australopithecus, Homo have
a)
Larger teeth and brain with a smaller jaw
b)
Larger brain and jaw with less protrusion and smaller teeth
c)
More protrusion of the lower jaw with larger brains and jaw
d)
None of the above
4.
Tool making was done by
a)
Men
b)
Women
c)
Both men and women
d)
None of the above
5.
What was the use of cave paintings ?
a)
To teach the coming generations about hunting and other aspects of life
b)
To visualise their goals and in a way strategise how to capture animals
c)
Option 1 and Option 2
d)
None of the above
6.
when did the evidence of the first Hominids first arrive
a)
2.7 MYA
b)
3.6 MYA
c)
5.6 MYA
d)
2 MYA
7.
one compromise of bipedalism
a)
compromise of eating
b)
compromise of thinking
c)
compromise of evolution
d)
compromise of balance
8.
the earliest evidence of making stone tool comes from which country?
a)
Europe
b)
Mesopotamia
c)
Kenya
d)
greece
9.
who were the earliest stone tool makers?
a)
homo habilis
b)
australopithecus
c)
homo sapiens
d)
homo erectus
10.
what is a discipline that studies human culture and evolutionary aspects of human biology?
a)
paleontologist
b)
ethnography
c)
historian
d)
anthropology
11.
The discipline which studies about human culture and society, evolutionary aspects of human biology of the past is
a)
Biological Anthropology
b)
Ethnography
c)
Sociology
d)
Anthropology
12.
The Replacement Model of Evolution suggest that
a)
The Homo-Sapiens evolved in different regions
b)
The Homo-Sapiens emerged out of Africa and became dispersed
c)
The Early humans were substituted or replaced by a new species of Hominids
d)
The world was faced by a continental drift which led to the drift of various communities
13.
The Multi Regional Hypothesis justifies that
a)
Neanderthals evolved into Asians
b)
The Java man in Indonesia evolved into the Australian Aboriginals
c)
The Java man in Indonesia evolved into Indonesians and south East Asians
d)
The Homoerectus were the ancestors of Latin America
14.
The first phenomenon or breakthrough in human evolutionary history
a)
Quadrupedalism
b)
Invention of the wheel
c)
Discovery of Fire
d)
Bipedalism
15.
During the ice age which species of the early men went extinct
a)
Homo Erectus
b)
Homo Sapien
c)
Australopithecus
d)
Primates
16.
The earliest evidence for the deliberate planned hunting and butchery of large Mammals comes from which site
a)
Terra Amata,Southern France
b)
Schoningen.Germany
c)
Heidelberg,Germany
d)
Omo in Ethiopia
17.
Another term for Old Stone Age
a)
Mesolithic age
b)
Neolithic age
c)
Paleolithic age
d)
Bronze age
18.
The first mode of communication was
a)
Body language
b)
Humming
c)
Gestures
d)
Syllables
19.
Where has the earliest Hominid Fossil been found
a)
Western Europe
b)
North Asia
c)
East Africa
d)
West Africa
20.
The first species of the genus Homo to have possessed a small no. of speech sounds is
a)
Homo-Erectus
b)
Homo-Heidelbergensis
c)
Homo- Sapiens
d)
Homo- Habilis
21.
How did the Hominids Scavenge
a)
The deliberate and planned Butchery if Large Mammals
b)
Collection of plant foods like seeds,fruits etc
c)
The Mass Killing of an animal
d)
Meat and marrow was taken from the carcasses of animals that had died naturally
22.
which method was used to collect plant foods such as seeds,berries, nuts and fruits?
a)
scavenging
b)
hunting
c)
fishing
d)
gathering
23.
What are the objects such as tools, paintings, sculpture, engravings made by human beings in the old age called?
a)
fossils
b)
artefacts
c)
antique
d)
memento
24.
with what other thing was language developed along?
a)
art
b)
tools
c)
use of fire
d)
wheels
25.
what led to the development of farming and pastoralism?
a)
epilogue
b)
regional continuity
c)
bipedalism
d)
foraging
26.
Who discovered the first human skull and skeletal fragments of evolutionary humans?
a)
Workmen carrying limestone
b)
Carl Fuhlrott
c)
Hermann Schaaffhausen
d)
None of the above
27.
Where were clear evidence of hunting tools found?
a)
Lazaret Caves
b)
Swartkrans
c)
Boxgrove
d)
Chesowanja
28.
A time of written records
a)
Prehistory
b)
Protohistory
c)
Archaic
d)
History
29.
This species was the first of hominidae to walk upright.
a)
Australopithecus
b)
Homo Erectus
c)
Homo Habilis
d)
Homo Sapien
30.
The study of history using artefacts and other remains:
a)
Archaeology
b)
Ethnography
c)
Domestication
d)
Anthropology
31.
The first human who left remains of her bones; she lived around 3.5 million years ago.
a)
Lucy
b)
Homo Erectus
c)
Mary Leakey
d)
Homo Heidelbergensis
32.
Period characterised by the use of copper in tools and weapons
a)
Neolithic Age
b)
Palaeolithic Age
c)
Chalcolithic Age
d)
Mesolithic Age
33.
What does the Latin word homo mean?
a)
Specie
b)
man
c)
Animal
d)
ape
34.
what is the handy man called?
a)
Homo sapien
b)
Homo erectus
c)
Homo habilis
d)
Neanderthal
35.
Fossils of Homo habilis have been discovered at
a)
Ethiopia
b)
Germany
c)
Turkana
d)
Kenya
36.
What is the meaning of the Latin word Austral
a)
Northern
b)
Ape
c)
Southern
d)
Western
37.
In which country is Altamira located
a)
France
b)
Italy
c)
Germany
d)
Spain
38.
In which country is Chauvet located?
a)
France
b)
Italy
c)
Germany
d)
Spain
39.
What does the word pithekos mean
a)
Ape
b)
Southern
c)
Western
d)
Northern
40.
What are primates?
a)
apes
b)
monkeys
c)
A group of mammals including monkeys apes and human
d)
tree animals
41.
what are fossils?
a)
buried animals
b)
frozen animals
c)
preserved animal remains
d)
flattened animals
42.
What are species?
a)
group of people
b)
a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding.
c)
similar type of animals
d)
a group of similar organisms
43.
What does neolithic mean?
a)
neo stone
b)
final stone age
c)
later part of stone age
d)
last stone age
44.
When did primates originate in Africa?
a)
30 million years ago
b)
35 million years ago
c)
36 million years ago
d)
20 million years ago
45.
what are archives?
a)
stored scrolls
b)
a collection of historical documents or records providing information about a place, institution, or group of people.
c)
shelved paper
d)
a place to hold documents
46.
main function of precision grip?
a)
nicer hold
b)
softer grip
c)
helped in holding materials with a greater percision
d)
easy to cut
47.
what is carbon dating used for?
a)
dating things
b)
find out the era and age artefacts belong to
c)
checking how old something is
d)
how much carbon does something have?
48.
Who discovered the cave paintings at Altamira?
a)
Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola (and his daughter Maria)
b)
Gianni Versace
c)
Sonny de La Vega and Nina Rosairo
d)
Mary and Louis Leaky
49.
Where was the earliest evidence for the making and use of stone tools found?
a)
Sites in Tasmania and Senegal
b)
Sites in Libya and Somalia
c)
Sites in Ethiopia and Kenya
d)
Sites in Namibia and South Africa
50.
What were the fossils found in the Neander valley called
a)
Homo neanders
b)
Homo heidelbergensis
c)
Homo neanderthalensis
d)
Homo heidelbergerastus
51.
Name of the anthropologist who wrote about The Hazda is
a)
Eric Wolf
b)
Margaret Mead
c)
Clifford Geertz
d)
None of the above
52.
Hundreds of paintings of animals were discovered in the following places
a)
Lascaux
b)
Gran Canaria
c)
Chauvet
d)
Both 1 and 3
53.
Fossils of homo heidelbergensis were discovered in
a)
Hungary
b)
France
c)
Austria
d)
None of the above
54.
Hominids belong to a family known as _______________which includes<br />all forms of human beings.
a)
Homonoids
b)
Australopithecus
c)
Homos
d)
Hominidae
55.
why did early humans started settling around the rivers
a)
animals did not come here so they felt safe
b)
it was required for agriculture
c)
a lot of stones could be found here
d)
all of the above
56.
the name Australopithecus comes from a Latin word, ‘austral’, meaning ----------------and a Greek word, ‘pithekos’, meaning --------------------------
a)
northern and primate
b)
southern and hominid
c)
southern and ape
d)
none of the above
57.
How were tools made up of copper better than those made out of stones
a)
they were easily available
b)
they were malleable
c)
they were heavier
d)
none of the above
58.
during this period early humans started farming and domesticating animals
a)
neolithic period
b)
paleolithic period
c)
mesolithic period
d)
none of the above
59.
are a subgroup of a larger group of mammals. They include monkeys, apes and humans
a)
hominoids
b)
hominids
c)
homos
d)
primates
60.
factors that led to the shifting of early humans from forests to areas that had an abundance of wild grasses and animals.
a)
climatic change
b)
population pressure
c)
a greater reliance on and knowledge of a few species of plants
d)
all of the above
61.
how did fire help the early humans
a)
hunting animals
b)
scaring away animals
c)
to not provide warmth
d)
all of the above
62.
What were Homo Heidelbergensis named after?
a)
A city called Heidelberg where their fossils were first found
b)
An archaeologist named Heidelberg, who first discovered them
c)
The German word for "large brains"
d)
The valley in which their fossils were first found
63.
In which country is the Neander valley located?
a)
France
b)
Spain
c)
Germany
d)
Italy
64.
Which one of the following caves did NOT have prehistoric paintings in them?
a)
Lascaux, France
b)
Cuevas del Drach, Spain
c)
Chauvet, France
d)
Altamira, Spain
65.
According to the Regional Continuity model of human evolution, modern humans in China evolved from.....?
a)
Neanderthal man
b)
Homo Habilis
c)
Homo Erectus
d)
Homo floresiensis
66.
Maria, the daughter of Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola, a local landowner and amateur archaeologist, discovered which famous cave site in November 1879?
a)
Lascaux, France
b)
Altamira, Spain
c)
Bhimbetka, India
d)
Laas Gaal, Somalia
67.
At which 2 places have pieces of baked clay and burnt bone along with stone tools, dated between 1.4 and 1 mya, been found?
a)
Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania and Neandertal, Germany
b)
Laas Gaal, Somalia and Kakadu, Australia
c)
Lascaux, France and Altamira, Spain
d)
Chesowanja, Kenya and Swartkrans, South Africa
68.
Flimsy shelters with roofs of wood and grasses were built for short-term, seasonal visits, at which famous site located on the coast of southern France?
a)
Lascaux
b)
Terra Amata
c)
Grotte du Lazaret
d)
Chauvet
69.
Which famous book written by Charles Darwin was published on 24 November, 1859, and marked a landmark in the study of evolution?
a)
On Natural Selection
b)
The Voyage of the Beagle
c)
The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals
d)
On the Origin of Species
70.
Homo' is a Latin word which means ____________.
a)
Man'
b)
Animal'
c)
Woman'
d)
Handy Man'
71.
On which argument is the regional continuity model based?
a)
the regional differences in the features of modern humans.
b)
the genetic and anatomical homogeneity of modern humans.
c)
Similarities between the pre-existing Homo species
d)
None
72.
Which of the earliest humans was the first to make stone tools?
a)
Homo Habilis
b)
Australopithecus
c)
Homo Erectus
d)
Homo Heidelbergensis
73.
Which of these features of communication were developed first?
a)
Speech
b)
Verbal communication
c)
Vocal non-verbal communication
d)
Writing
74.
Which of these factor ensures a comparatively equal role for men and women in modern hunter-gatherer societies?
a)
Marginalisation of these societies socially, geographically and politically.
b)
Variation amongst living hunter-gatherer societies on the relative importance of hunting and gathering, group size, etc
c)
The important role of women in contributing to the food supply in such societies
d)
The involvement of both women and men in activities such as hunting and gathering, and making tools
75.
When did bipedal locomotion develop amongst hominids?
a)
1.8 mya
b)
around 2.5 mya
c)
3.6 mya
d)
6 mya
76.
discovery of the neolithic age
a)
domestication of animals
b)
agriculture
c)
discovery of smelting and the creation of bronze tools has given the name Bronze Age
d)
all of the above
77.
What were the places of residents of early humans
a)
caves
b)
open-air sites
c)
forests
d)
all of the above
78.
How were hominids different from hominoids?
a)
Hominids had bigger brains
b)
Hominids were quadrupeds
c)
Hominoids had finer motor control
d)
Hominids had heavier jaws
79.
When did man start hunting?
a)
400,000 years ago
b)
500,000 years ago
c)
35,000 years ago
d)
2 million years ago
80.
These species emerged 5.6 million years ago
a)
Hominoids
b)
Australopithecus
c)
Hominids
d)
Homos
81.
Altamira is located in
a)
Kenya
b)
France
c)
Ethiopia
d)
Spain
82.
What could not have been an important use of fire by man?
a)
It provided warmth and light inside caves
b)
It was used to harden wood
c)
It was used for carving onto walls
d)
It was used to scare away animals
83.
The earliest evidence for making and use of stone tools comes from
a)
Ethiopia
b)
Tanzania
c)
Kenya
d)
Both a and c
84.
What was a tool used by early man?
a)
Bow and Arrow
b)
Catapults
c)
Knives
d)
Boomerangs
85.
It is a small group of hunters and gatherers who live in the vicinity of Lake Eyasi
a)
!Kung San
b)
Hadza
c)
Aka
d)
Aeta
86.
They were quadrupeds
a)
Hominoids
b)
Hominids
c)
Homos
d)
Both a and b
87.
Australopithecus means
a)
Northern ape
b)
Ape
c)
Eastern ape
d)
None of the above
88.
When did spoken language emerge?
a)
5 mya
b)
7 mya
c)
3 mya
d)
2 mya
89.
What is the main point of difference between Hominids and Homonoids?
a)
Homonids have a smaller brain
b)
Homonoids have a smaller brain
c)
Homonids have longer hands
d)
Homonoids have longer hands
90.
Which one of the following is not a technique used by early man to make weapons?
a)
Stone on stone
b)
Punch blade technique
c)
Chisel sharpening
d)
Pressure Flaking
91.
What is the 'tool-maker' known as in latin?
a)
Homo sapiens
b)
Homo habilis
c)
Homo erectus
d)
Hominids
92.
The skull found in the Neander valley was first examined by :
a)
Charles Darwin
b)
Carl Fuhlrott
c)
Hermann Schaaffhausen
d)
Margaret Mead
93.
An increase in brain size is associated with:
a)
Dietary habits
b)
Height of the person
c)
Physical activity
d)
intelligence and a better memory
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