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SS 1.1 The Distant Past

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

-Vocabulary-

preserved remains of ancient human, animal, or plant

a)

Fossil

b)

Evidence

c)

Prehistory

2.

What are the three ways fossils and artifacts dated?

(check/select three)

a)

Comparing

b)

Radioactive

c)

DNA

d)

Smelling

e)

Tasting

3.

Why do scientists look for fossils and artifacts?

a)

For Fun

b)

Find Out How People Lived in the Past

c)

To Become Rich

d)

To Collect Items for a Museum

4.

Most scientist beleive that the beginning of civilizaion started in...

a)

Africa

b)

Australia

c)

North America

5.

What did Donald Johanson name his discovery? (clue: the name came a Beatles song.)

a)

Lucy

b)

Larry

c)

Fred

d)

Juju

6.

So far the oldest skeletal fossil is?

a)

"Lucy" from 3.2 million years ago

b)

"Ardi" 4.4 from millions years ago

c)

"humanlike skull" from 7 million years ago

7.

Why do many scientists believe that human life bagan in Africa?


Because of...

a)

how many skeleton bones they've found ther.

b)

the written records they've found there.

c)

the age of skeleton bones they've found there.

d)

the size of the skeleton bones they've found there.

8.

These people hunted animals and gathered plants

a)

Hunter-Gatherers

b)

Anthropologists

c)

Geologists

d)

Archaeologists

9.

Which scientist studies the physical materials of Earth, like soil and rocks?

a)

Archaeologists

b)

Mrs. Kenison

c)

Geologists

10.

Which items did Early Humans use to make tools?

(select all that apply)

a)

Stone

b)

Plastic

c)

Metal

d)

Bones

e)

Antlers

11.

-True or False-

Over time, toolmakers became better and more skillful at making tools.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

-Vocabulary-

time before written records

a)

Prehistory

b)

Fossil

c)

Evidence

13.

-Vocabulary-

information used to prove something

a)

Evidence

b)

Artifact

c)

Hunter-Gatherer

14.

-Vocabulary-

Scientist who studies human life in the past by examning the things that people left behind

a)

Hunter-Gatherer

b)

Archaeologist

c)

Artifact

15.

-Vocabulary-

object made by a human being

a)

Prehistory

b)

Fossil

c)

Artifact

d)

Evidence

16.

What were hunter-gatherers able to do with fire

(select ALL that apply)

a)

Have light on dark nights

b)

Cook meat & plants

c)

Protection: to scare off animals

d)

Live in cold places

e)

To speak with others