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Student's Friend Unit 1 World History Prehistory

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"Before Christ;" (BC) is the same as _____________ the Common Era, or abbreviated how?

a)

Before: BCE

b)

After: ACE

c)

During: DCE

2.

Location of the former "__________ bridge" used by Asian hunters to migrate to North America.

a)

Ice: Bering Strait

b)

Ice: Boats

c)

Land: Bering Strait

d)

Land: Boats

3.

Theory that proposes the universe began in an event similar to an ________________ (boom).

a)

Evolution: Big Bang

b)

Explosion: Big Bang

c)

Evolution: Big Crunch

d)

Explosion: Big Crunch

4.

"In the year of our Lord" or "Anno Domini" in _____________ (language) can also be called the Common Era, abbreviated how?

a)

Greek: AD/CE

b)

Latin: BC/CE

c)

Greek: BC/CE

d)

Latin: AD/CE

5.

EUROPE, ASIA, AFRICA, AUSTRALIA, NORTH AND SOUTH _____________ are all what?

a)

Africa: Continents

b)

America: Continents

c)

Africa: Countries

d)

America: Countries

6.

The process by which wind and water shape the surface of the Earth.

a)

Destruction

b)

Hurricanes

c)

Erosion

d)

Earthquakes

7.

Europe and Asia.

a)

Two separate counties

b)

Continents separated by a large ocean

c)

Eurasia

8.

Remains of living organisms that have been left behind for scientists to study.

a)

Fossils

b)

Remnants

c)

Artifacts

9.

Water that can be used for farming and drinking.

a)

Saline

b)

Salty

c)

Fresh

d)

Surface

10.

Latin for "upright human;" this extinct member of the hominid family lived about two and a half million years ago.

a)

Homo Erectus

b)

Neanderthal

c)

Homo Habilis

d)

Australopithecus

11.

Periods when water was locked in ice sheets.

a)

Ice Year

b)

Ice Age

c)

Cold Year

d)

Cold Age

12.

Name given to the first Australopithecus remains found in the Great Rift Valley. She was actually named for a Beatles song that was playing at the time of discovery!

a)

Yellow Submarine

b)

Lucy

c)

Lacy

d)

Suzzane

13.

The earliest Homo sapiens who developed about 150,000 years ago (it was actually longer ago, but that is what our source said).

a)

Homo Erectus

b)

Neanderthals

c)

Homo Habilis

d)

Australopithecus

14.

Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Artic.

a)

Continents

b)

Lakes

c)

Seas

d)

Oceans

15.

The name of the gorge in the Great Rift Valley where many early human discoveries have been made.

a)

Grand Canyon

b)

Neander Valley

c)

Olduvai Gorge

16.

Scientists who study the remains of plants and animals.

a)

Architects

b)

Paleontologists

c)

Archaeologists

d)

Anthropologists

17.

Scientists believe that all the continents may have, at one time, been part of this single landmass.

a)

Pangea

b)

Superamerica

c)

Eurasia

18.

Times when people did not yet read or write.

a)

Prehistoric

b)

Paleolithic

c)

Neolithic

19.

A source that comes from someone who was around at the time of an event.

a)

Primary Source

b)

Secondary Source

20.

A source that is created by someone who not involved in an actual event (example: history textbook).

a)

Primary Source

b)

Secondary Source

21.

Narrow body of water connecting two larger bodies of water.

a)

Isthmus

b)

Peninsula

c)

Strait

d)

Bay

22.

A term used to describe inventions and tools that make life easier.

a)

Neolithic

b)

Paleolithic

c)

Technology

d)

Artifacts

23.

Mountains that separate Europe and Asia

a)

Appalachian

b)

Atlas

c)

Rocky

d)

Ural

24.

The Paleolithic Age is also called the __________ and people survived by ___________.

a)

Early/Old Stone Age: Farming

b)

Early/Old Stone Age: Hunting and Gathering

c)

Late/New Stone Age: Farming

d)

Late/New Stone Age: Hunting and Gathering

25.

The Neolithic Age is also called the __________ and people survived by ___________.

a)

Early/Old Stone Age: Farming

b)

Early/Old Stone Age: Hunting and Gathering

c)

Late/New Stone Age: Farming

d)

Late/New Stone Age: Hunting and Gathering

26.

Two traits scientists look for before calling extinct hominids human:

a)

Bipedal (walks on two feet)

b)

Carnivorous

c)

Large Brain

d)

Hairless

27.

Where do earthquakes and volcanoes tend to occur?

a)

Along high mountain ridges.

b)

In the open ocean.

c)

Where Earth’s plates come together.

d)

Usually near a Denny’s or a Walmart

28.

Most scientists believe that the universe is how old? How old is Earth?

a)

~15 billion years: ~5 billion years

b)

~5 billion years: ~10,000 years

c)

~15 billion years: ~20 billion years

d)

~15 trillion years: ~5 billion years

29.

“Waves of History” include all of the following except:

a)

migration

b)

agriculture

c)

civilization

d)

prehistoric

e)

industry

30.

What percentage of the Earth is covered in water? What percentage of that water is freshwater?

a)

>80%: >2%

b)

>90%: >5%

c)

> 55%: <.5%

d)

>66%: <1%

31.

Culturally speaking, what constitutes the “West” and “East” (in terms of geography)?

a)

Europe and S. America: Asia

b)

Europe and N. America: Russia

c)

Europe and N. America: Asia

d)

Europe and S. America: Russia

32.

What Galaxy are you in?

a)

Andromeda

b)

Milky Way

c)

Did you really just ask that? Don't pick me.

33.

All of the following are advantages of being bipedal except (I realized this was a question from a video that we usually watched, but I left it anyway! Use logic and see if you can figure it out.):

a)

It is more efficient than walking on all fours.

b)

You can see farther and therefore it is safer.

c)

It is better for climbing trees.

d)

It leaves your hands free to use tools/weapons.