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Ch.1 L.1 The First Humans

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Hominins are:

a)

more closely related to today's chimpanzees and bonobos.

b)

more closely related to today's humans.

c)

extinct.

2.

Humans are the only primates that do not walk on all four limbs all the time.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

A (a)   is a group of closely related species.

4.

Which one has a long, narrow pelvis?

a)

chimpanzee

b)

hominin

5.

The first species to make stones into tools.

a)

Homo erectus

b)

Homo sapiens

c)

Homo neanderthalensis

d)

Homo habilis

6.

Which option shows the correct order (oldest to newest, left to right) in which Homo species evolved?

a)

sapiens, habilis, neandertahlensis, erectus

b)

erectus, habiis, neanderthalensis, sapiens

c)

habilis, erectus, neanderthalensis, sapiens

d)

neanderthalensis, habilis, erectus, sapiens

7.

Why do we know more information about Homo neanderthalensis than other Homo species?

a)

More fossils have been discovered.

b)

They are much older than other Homo species.

c)

We interviewed them.

d)

There are more books written about them.

8.

What is a unique quality of sapiens?

a)

Has language.

b)

Can survive in various climates.

c)

Used fire.

d)

Can imagine and plan.

9.

What is the order in which areas of the world were populated? (first to last, left to right)

a)

Africa, southwest Asia, east Asia, Australia, Americas

b)

Africa, east Asia, southwest Asia, America, Australia

c)

Africa, southwest Asia, Australia, east Asia

d)

Africa, Australia, Americas, southwest Asia

10.

What great change took place with sapiens around 70,000 years ago?

a)

Their ability to think, understand, learn, and remember reached a new level.

b)

They no longer had to battle the ice age.

c)

They developed writing.

d)

They gave up hunting and gathering.