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WorksheetsThe Distant Past Pre-Quiz Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 35mins
An archaeologist...
studies how people from the past behaved
digs up and studies artifacts to learn about people from the past
studies rocks and the earth
only studies history
A geologist...
studies artifacts left behind by people
studies books and writings from the past
studies rocks and the earth
studies only prehistory
Prehistory is...
the time AFTER writing developed
the time BEFORE writing developed
A fossil is
something made by man
the bones, imprints, or remains of something living from long ago
only bones
An artifact is
the bones or remains of something that lived long ago
only something written down
something manmade that is left behind from people long ago
An anthropologist is
a scientist who studies rocks and the earth
a scientist who studies artifacts left behind by people long ago
a scientist who studies how people behaved long ago
a scientist who studies dinosaur bones
-Vocabulary-
preserved remains of ancient human, animal, or plant
Fossil
Evidence
Prehistory
What are the three ways fossils and artifacts dated?
(check/select three)
Comparing
Radioactive
DNA
Smelling
Tasting
Most scientist beleive that the beginning of civilizaion started in...
Africa
Australia
North America
So far the oldest skeletal fossil is?
"Lucy" from 3.2 million years ago
"Ardi" 4.4 from millions years ago
"humanlike skull" from 7 million years ago
Why do many scientists believe that human life bagan in Africa?
Because of...
how many skeleton bones they've found ther.
the written records they've found there.
the age of skeleton bones they've found there.
the size of the skeleton bones they've found there.
-Vocabulary-
time before written records
Prehistory
Fossil
Evidence
-Vocabulary-
information used to prove something
Evidence
Artifact
Hunter-Gatherer
-Vocabulary-
object made by a human being
Prehistory
Fossil
Artifact
Evidence
What were hunter-gatherers able to do with fire
(select ALL that apply)
Have light on dark nights
Cook meat & plants
Protection: to scare off animals
Live in cold places
To speak with others
