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WorksheetsHominids
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
_______________ specialize in studying the earliest hominids.
Scientists
Historians
Zoologists
Paleoanthropologists
Named Homo habilis in honor of its ability to make tools, this hominid was also called __________.
Java
Handy Henry
Handy Tool
Handy Man
Who was the first hominid to use fire?
Handy Man
Homo sapiens sapiens
Homo erectus
Wise Man
Lucy was a hominid known as Homo sapiens neanderthalensis.
True
False
Australopithecus afarensis lived before Homo erectus.
True
False
Homo sapiens sapiens invented the spear thrower and the ________________.
flame thrower
bow and arrow
musket
wheel
Homo erectus used fire to ___________.
keep warm
protect themselves
cook
all of these
Homo sapiens sapiens is also known as......
Doubly Wise Man
Wise Man
Cave Man
Upright Man
Please place these hominids in the correct order they lived (from earliest to closest to our time)?
1) Homo sapiens sapiens
2) Lucy
3) Upright Man
4) Homo habilis
5) Neanderthals
1, 2, 4, 5, 3
2, 4, 3, 5, 1
2, 3, 4, 5, 1
2, 5, 4, 3, 1
Having a larger brain meant Upright Man species was able to invent more complex tools such as strong hand-axes made of stone.
True
False
Which social scientist studies the early development and culture of hominids?
A geographer
An anthropologist
A historian
An archaeologist
What could Lucy do more easily than gorillas and apes?
Use her hands to defend her children.
Make tools such as a sharp knife.
Form a group to hunt for animals.
Build fires to cook meat for her family.
My taller, thinner body made walking and running easier for me, so my group was the first to migrate out of Africa.
Australopithecus afarensis
Homo sapiens
Homo habilis
Homo erectus
Which of the following did all of the hominids have in common?
All of them were covered in fur.
All of them made and used tools.
All of them were bipeds.
All of them made cave art.
Why was Homo habilis nicknamed "Handy Man"?
He helped other members of his group
He knew how to build fires
He made and used simple tools
He was able to build shelters
Which of the following groups was on earth at the same time as Homo sapiens sapiens (early modern man)?
Homo erectus
Homo sapiens, the first
Homo sapiens neanderthalensis
Homo habilis
Which of the following groups had a very small brain - one third the size of ours?
Homo sapiens sapiens
Homo habilis
Neanderthal
Australopithecus afarensis
