WorksheetsCh 1: World's Early People "Review"
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
What is prehistory?
The period of time before written records.
Objects made by people.
Really old stuff.
The period of time after written records.
What is the main difference between artifacts and fossils?
Artifacts are prettier than fossils.
Artifacts are man-made objects and fossils were once living.
Artifacts can be made into fossils.
Fossils are older than artifacts.
What is the main reason archaeologists study artifacts from the past?
Because it's their job.
So they can know what early humans looked like.
To learn how early people lived from day to day.
To find what early people thought was funny.
Why are excavation sites divided into grids?
It helps archaeologists figure out how deep the fossils are buried.
Because it's the law of archeology.
It ensures that archaeologists know exactly where something was found even when it is shipped away.
That's just how things are done.
What is the name of the earliest known hominid?
Homo habilis
Homo sapien
Homo erectus
australopithecine
In 1974, Donald Johanson discovered bones of an early hominid he nicknamed "Lucy". Which characteristics describe this austrolopithecine?
Found in Europe
20 years old
Walked on two legs
4 feet tall
What continent was the earliest known hominids found on?
Australia
Africa
Europe
North America
The Paleolithic Era is also known as:
The Old Stone Age
The New Stone Age
Ice Age: The Meltdown
The Ice Age
What does Homo habilis mean?
Upright person
Southern man
Lazy person
Handy person
Which early human mastered the use of fire?
australopithecine
Homo erectus
Homo habilis
Homo sapiens
Which two early hominids have archaeologists found their fossils in Europe and Asia?
Homo Erectus
Homo habilis
Homo Sapiens
australopithecine
Early humans created advanced tools with new (a) , or new ways of doing things.
Which is NOT a way early humans had to adapt to their environment.
They had to learn to breath underwater.
They had to learn how to make shelters out of what was in their environment.
They had to learn how to migrate from place to survive.
They had to learn which types of vegetation was edible.
How did early humans live?
They lived in small towns of 500 or more people.
They lived in groups of 30 related family members.
They lived alone.
They would learn to live with a pack of wild animals.
How did early hunter/gatherer groups migrate out of Africa?
Riding on mastodons and mammoths
Sailing ships
Walking on land and ice bridges
They didn't
