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Early Man Vocab Quiz

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Archaeology is the study of __________?
a)
Africans
b)
African Americans
c)
Human life in the past.
d)
Human life in the Future
2.
Why is it difficult to study the origins of humankind?
a)
There are no written records.
b)
There is not enough money
c)
No one wants to study them.
3.
What is a Nomad?
a)
People who travel from place to place depending on the season. 
b)
People who always wear sweaters.
c)
People who never travel.
4.
What were the Neanderthals the first people to do?
a)
Shave
b)
use tools
c)
Bury their dead
d)
Hunt with weapons
5.

This abbreviation means "Before Common Era."

a)

BC

b)

CE

c)

AD

d)

BCE

6.

Anything that makes life easier is considered

a)

useless

b)

negative

c)

Neolithic

d)

technology

7.
Early hominids were first found in
a)
Asia
b)
Africa
c)
Europe
d)
Antarctica
8.
The time before writing is know as
a)
history
b)
prehistory
9.
Tools used by Paleolithic man were mostly made from
a)
copper
b)
wood
c)
steel
d)
stone
10.
The process of changing plants and animals to make them more useful to humans.
a)
migrate
b)
culture
c)
tools
d)
domestication
11.
A strip of land that early humans used to migrate across two continents.
a)
land bridge
b)
geography
c)
domestication
d)
hominid