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Human Beginnings

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
rock art
a)
drawings or paintings left on stone
b)
Sharpies!
2.

hominids

a)

early ancestors of humans

b)

some grains

c)

Name means "upright peeps"

3.
distribute
a)
to divide among a group of people
b)
LOL
4.
Olduvai Gorge
a)
a steep canyon in the Serengeti Plain & the most famous Stone Age site
b)
Raf Feltwell
5.
Australopithecus
a)
1 of the earliest ancestors of humans
b)
here
6.

Homo habilis

a)

the early hominid called "handy man"

b)

no

c)

Name means "wise man"

7.

Homo erectus

a)

hominid known as 'upright man"

b)

yes

c)

Name means "southern ape"

8.
Homo sapiens
a)
every person today belongs to this group of "wise Men"
b)
no
9.

Lucy

a)

A famous female hominid who walked upright from Ethiopia

b)

maybe

10.
Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia
a)
African countries where Homo habilis remains have been found
b)
USA
11.
Early Stone Age
a)
the first and longest part of the Stone Age
b)
1999
12.
stones
a)
used as the first tools in the Stone age
b)
bracelets
13.
hand ax
a)
tool made of stone but with a handle
b)
hand
14.

spears and axes

a)

London

b)

Britney's cool tools

c)

Tools made in the Iron Age

d)

Tools made during the Middle Stone Age

15.

bows and arrows

a)

hair

b)

yep!

c)

Made during the early Stone Age

d)

Made during the Later Stone Age

16.

boats

a)

water

b)

books

c)

Used in the Early Stone Age

d)

made in the Later Stone Age

17.

agriculture

a)

no!

b)

something bad

c)

Farming food and keeping animals

18.

The Stone Age

a)

the Victorian age

b)

here

c)

An important period of time before Iron was invented

19.

iron

a)

cotton

b)

beans

c)

A metal that man learned how to shape into tools during the Iron Age

20.

Bambuti

a)

a city near London

b)

a plant

c)

A nomadic tribe in the rainforests of the DRC that use wooden tools to hunt forest animals

21.

San

a)

clothes

b)

a type of house

c)

A tribe living in the Kalahari Desert that hunt and gather

22.

Kalahari

a)

a desert in SW Africa, home of the San in modern-day Botswana

b)

5

c)

None of these

23.
Masaai
a)
Nomadic herding culture in East Africa
b)
The Celts
24.
East Africa
a)
the part of Africa where most of the earliest hominid discoveries are
b)
Eastern Asia
25.

All of the oldest ancient sites are found in this continent.

a)

Africa

b)

Europe

c)

North America

26.
100000
a)
The Middle Stone Age was this long ago
b)
4
27.
2.5 million YA
a)
The Early stone age was this long ago
b)
4
28.

nomads

a)

camels

b)

6th graders

c)

People who move from one place to another

29.

Mountain in Africa

a)

Mt. Everest

b)

Mt. Fuji

c)

Mt. Kilimanjaro

30.

caves

a)

high-rises

b)

condos

c)

rock formations for people to live

31.

neo means

a)

never

b)

always

c)

New

d)

Old

32.

Kenya & Tanzania

a)

London

b)

France

c)

2 countries in Eastern Africa

d)

2 countries in West Africa

33.

Neolithic Revolution means:

a)

root

b)

tourguide

c)

Moving from place to place

d)

The change from hunting and gathering to settling down and growing food in one place.

34.

Paleolithic Era

a)

burritos

b)

a campground

c)

Means Stone Age or Stone Era

35.

Neolithic means:

a)

pirates

b)

rocks

c)

New Stone Age

d)

Old Stone Age

36.

domesticate

a)

house

b)

nose spray

c)

To change the growth of plants and animals so they rely on man

d)

None of these

37.

Paleolithic Age

a)

cup

b)

coffee

c)

Means Stone Age- Early, Middle, and Later Ages of Stone

38.

Job Specialization

a)

coke

b)

beach holiday

c)

people start to do certain jobs

39.

Hunter-gatherers

a)

clothes

b)

pen

c)

A nomadic group of people who live by collecting plants nad hunting animals

40.

The countries where hominid fossils were found

a)

Ethiopia and Tanzania

b)

Ethiopia and France

c)

Tanzania and Texas

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