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when groups bond together sharing language, folklore, and a legal systen
a) institution
b) group
c) family
d) society

lasted during both the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods
a) stone age
b) ice age
c) the great thaw
d) archaeology

map that shows the difference between mountains and valleys
a) physical map
b) topographical map
c) road map
d) political map

why do historians and archaeologists have challenges studying the past
a) not many artifacts
b) no written record (textual artifacts)
c) no ancestors to talk to
d) few archaeological sites

another word for carbon dating
a) a claim
b) a artifact
c) relative dating
d) absolute dating

Humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans are all
a) monkeys
b) human evolution
c) hominid
d) humanism

a fragment of papyrus supports a historian's claim, this is called
a) anology
b) evidence
c) artifact
d) anthropology

a carving of a monkey is found at an archaeological site, this is an ...
a) artifact
b) unusual find
c) claim
d) historical account

what did fluting show about ancient civilizations
a) they were musicians
b) they had lots of free time
c) only adults participated
d) adults and children participated, it was a communal activity

an ostrich walks on two hind feet is an example of
a) bipedalism
b) humanism
c) hominid
d) birdism

name of the period before written history wen men made tools of stone
a) cave men
b) societies
c) prehistoric
d) evolutionary

what field of study constructs accounts of the past from artifacts left behind
a) anthropology
b) archaeology
c) historian
d) teacher

what are flutings
a) instruments
b) another name for bird wngs
c) cave drawings using fingers
d) early language

The Universe is believed to be how old
a) 13 billion years
b) 20 billion years
c) 5 billion years
d) 2 billion years

The Earth is believed to have existed for how many years
a) 10 billion years
b) 4-5 billion years
c) 7-8 Billion years
d) 1 billion years

How do anthropologists study ancient communities with little evidence
a) they read about them in books
b) They use their imaginations
c) They talk to ancestors
d) They come up with a theory based on similar communities of today

What made Ardi an unbelievable find
a) Ardi was a female
b) Ardi was a biped and huminoid
c) Ardi was a biped
d) Ardi did not really exist

what challenges do anthropologists face?
a) They are not historians
b) don't always know what artifacts are or what they were used for
c) They are unfamiliar with the time period
d) have to travel to many places

How did ancient foraging communities live and travel?
a) specialized, had large populations
b) large, settled groups
c) didn't use tools
d) small groups, nomadic life searching for food, took only what they needed

another word for a written record
a) newspaper
b) log
c) magazine
d) claim

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