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The Stone Age Vocab and Important Discoveries

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does homo erectus mean?

a)

underground man

b)

upright man

c)

hunchback man

d)

short man

2.

When did homo sapiens live?

a)

Around 4,000 BC to today

b)

10,000 BC

c)

5,000 BC

d)

6,000 BC

3.

Which of the following were periods of the Stone Age?

a)

Neolithic Period

b)

Mesolithic Period

c)

Jurassic Period

d)

Paleolithic Period

4.

Which period of the Stone Age came first?

a)

Neolithic Period

b)

Mesolithic Period

c)

Paleolithic Period

5.

Which period of the Stone Age came last?

a)

Paleolithic Period

b)

Mesolithic Period

c)

Neolithic Period

6.

Which people were the first to use stone tools?

a)

Homo erectus

b)

Homo sapiens

c)

Homo habilis

7.

Who discovered "Lucy?"

a)

Donald Johanson and Tom Gray

b)

Mary and Louis Leakey

c)

Richard Leakey

d)

Paul McCartney

8.

What was "Lucy" named after?

a)

A football team

b)

A movie

c)

A car

d)

A Beatles song

9.

In what year was "Turkana Boy" discovered?

a)

1990

b)

2020

c)

1984

d)

1925

10.

Who discovered "Turkana Boy?"

a)

Mary and Louis Leakey

b)

Donald Johanson

c)

Richard Leakey

11.

Mary and Louis Leakey discovered the existence of early hominids in what area?

a)

East Africa

b)

Asia

c)

Canada

d)

Mexico