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Social Sciences/Hunter Gatherers

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Beliefs, customs, practices and behaviors shared by a particular group of people

a)

nomad

b)

culture

c)

technology

d)

archaeology

2.

Tools and skills people use to meet their needs and wants

a)

nomad

b)

culture

c)

technology

d)

anthropology

3.

A person who lives by hunting animals and gathering plants

a)

hunter gatherer

b)

archaeologist

c)

farmer

d)

florist

4.

A person who moves from place to place without a permanent home is called a nomad

a)

true

b)

false

5.

About 2.6 million years ago early humans:

a)

controlled fire

b)

developed language

c)

made stone tools

d)

created cave paintings (culture)

6.

About 800,000 years ago early humans learned to control fire.

a)

true

b)

false

7.

About 70,000 years ago early humans developed:

a)

headaches

b)

language

c)

culture

d)

film

8.

About 17,000 years ago humans began to develop culture by painting in caves

a)

true

b)

false

9.

What is a social science?

a)

a science that talks too much

b)

a science that studies animals

c)

the study of society or social behavior

d)

the study of soil layers

10.

The continent where it is believed that life began is:

a)

North America

b)

Europe

c)

Asia

d)

Africa

11.

What type of social scientist was Mary Leakey?

a)

paleontologist

b)

botanist

c)

paleoanthropologist

d)

sociologist

12.

What is the difference between primary and secondary sources?

a)

Primary sources are used in elementary school but secondary sources aren't

b)

Primary sources are eye witness accounts but secondary sources are not

c)

Primary sources are the colors red, blue and brown

d)

Secondary sources are eye witness accounts

13.

Another name for the Paleolithic Era is:

a)

Rock of Ages

b)

Old Stone Age

c)

the Bronze Age

d)

the Age of Aquarius

14.

What is the process of making stone tools called?

a)

gapping

b)

knapping

c)

tapping

d)

flapping

15.

North America is the continent with the most cave paintings.

a)

true

b)

false

16.

A historian is someone who:

a)

likes books with lots of pages

b)

records history

c)

makes maps

d)

digs up artifacts

17.

What colors are found in ancient cave paintings the most often?

a)

purple and yellow

b)

red, white and blue

c)

black and red

d)

green and orange

18.

Prehistory is the time before written records.

a)

true

b)

false

19.

An archaeologist is someone who

a)

digs up artifacts to help explain the past

b)

wears cool clothes

c)

makes maps

d)

studies languages

20.

Four important developments in early human life during the Paleolithic Era were:

a)

making stone tools, building log cabins, controlling fire and painting on canvas

b)

inventing the refrigerator, the toilet, the camera and the mechanical pencil

c)

making stone tools, controlling fire, language and culture

d)

Making stone tools, controlling fire, making lasagna, and inventing the light bulb

21.

The development of stone tools by early humans allowed them to:

a)

make weapons

b)

build shelters

c)

hunt bigger animals

d)

all of the above

22.

Eating cooked food helped humans get smarter because it made digestion easier which left lots of energy for doing other things.

a)

true

b)

false

23.

One benefit from early humans developing language was:

a)

they could make weapons

b)

they could cook food

c)

they could warn each other of danger

d)

they could play telephone

24.

Carbon dating and wild guesses are two ways to figure out the age of an artifact.

a)

true

b)

false

25.

When did the Paleolithic Era begin?

a)

last week

b)

about 2.6 million years ago

c)

1775 AD

d)

Around the time of King Tut