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Chapter 1 - Early People
Test Description: Early People
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Where do many scientists believe that human life began?
A
Asia
B
Africa
C
Americas
D
Europe
2) Which of the following was a major advantage that Homo sapiens had over Neanderthals?
A
Larger brains
B
The ability to use fire
C
Taller, more muscular bodies
D
Complex language skills
3) Why were archaeologists interested in the cave paintings found near Lascaux in southern France?
A
Cave paintings were worth a great deal of money.
B
The paintings were the first evidence of early humans ever found in France.
C
The caves had not existed during the last Ice Age.
D
The paintings provided evidence that humans had become more complex.
4) What was one of the most important signs that early humans were developing a complex culture?
A
The existence of cave paintings
B
The settlements of early peoples near water
C
The emergence of hunter-gatherer societies
D
The use of wood for making tools
5) The era during which tools were first developed is known as
A
the Hunter-Gatherer Age.
B
the Old Stone Age.
C
the Age of Fire and Stone.
D
the Age of Technology.
6) Which of the following is one way that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens differed?
A
Homo sapiens did not make art.
B
Homo sapiens had only very simple language skills.
C
Neanderthals were taller than Homo sapiens.
D
Neanderthals appeared about 100,000 years before Homo sapiens.
7) All of the following are examples of cultural diffusion among ancient cultures EXCEPT
A
A group learns to work together to hunt mammoths
B
Different regional groups forming one large community and sharing their burial practices
C
One group’s beliefs about spirits in the natural world changing another group’s beliefs
D
The exposure of a land bridge bringing two cultures into contact for the first time
8) What common characteristic united the members of a clan?
A
Burial practices
B
A common ancestor
C
Similar religious beliefs
D
A common language
9) When archaeologists study an excavation site, objects found closer to the surface are
A
less damaged than those found below them.
B
unlikely to contain any radioactive material.
C
not as old as those found in deeper layers.
D
impossible to date with any accuracy.
10) What two discoveries help advance earliest hominids?
A
farming, fire
B
walking on two legs, fire
C
stone hand ax, fire
D
weapons, plow
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