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Early Humans 2

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

About one million years ago, Upright Man began to slowly leave ________. These early people began to populate the world.

a)

Asia

b)

Africa

c)

Antarctica

d)

Alaska

2.

Early humans left Africa during the

a)

Wood Age

b)

Iron Age

c)

Golden Age of Islam

d)

Ice Age

3.

What did Cro-Magnon man paint on cave walls?

a)

animals

b)

humans

c)

hands

d)

stick figures

e)

beautiful ocean scenes

4.

Neanderthals were different from other species of early humans. They were

a)

tall

b)

smart

c)

great hunters

d)

all the answers are correct

5.

Neanderthals were smart. They used caves as their homes.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Neanderthals were smart. They used wood houses as their homes.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Cro-Magnon man lived in ________.

a)

Africa

b)

Asia

c)

the Americas

d)

Europe

8.

Cro-Magnon man did not live a life of constant struggle because they worked together to provide food for their tribe.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Cro-Magnon man learned how to

a)

fish

b)

use traps

c)

make metal knives

d)

store food

10.

Cro-Magnon man did something rather unusual. For some reason,

a)

he began to make musical instruments.

b)

he stopped eating meat and only ate food he could grow.

c)

he stopped having children.

d)

he drew paintings deep inside dark caves, on cave walls.

11.

Cro-Magnon drew pictures of

a)

animals

b)

hunters

c)

hands

d)

giraffes

12.

Cave painting was quite dangerous.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Cave painting was quite dangerous. Cro-Magnon man might

a)

run into a hungry lion.

b)

get eaten by a shark.

c)

die.

d)

fall into a hole.

14.

The existence of cave paintings was first discovered in Lascaux, ________.

a)

Germany

b)

France

c)

Russia

d)

Mexico

15.

We know about early Stone Age people because scientists have found fossils and artifacts.

a)

fossils

b)

styrofoam take out boxes

c)

books

d)

artifacts

16.

How could early humans travel from Africa to Australia without a boat?

a)

They took a plane

b)

The ground was frozen due to the ice ages so they walked.

c)

They had developed wings that a person could use to fly

d)

They took their cars instead

17.

The evolution of humans took around three ______ years.

a)

hundred

b)

thousand

c)

million

d)

billion

e)

trillion