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QUIZ TOTAL : 46 points
PALEOLITHIC QUIZ
Read each question or statement carefully. Choose the correct word that fits the missing space,
from a selection of a, b, c, or d.
A. VOCABULARY
1.
a.
b.
c.
d.
The first period of the Stone Age is also referred to as the _________________:
Ice Age
Neolithic Era
Mesolithic era
Paleolithic era
2.
a.
b.
c.
d.
All of the hominids studied can be described as _____________________:
Extinct
Hunter-gatherers
Bipedal
Ape-like
3. Human-like species from the Paleolithic era are often described as ________________:
a. Apes
b. Hominids
c. Primates
d. Hunter-gatherers
4.
a.
b.
c.
d.
__________________ is the creation and use of tools to solve practical human problems.
Anthropology
Archaeology
Technology
Biology
5. We describe something as a/an _____________when we have evidence but no final
proof:
a. Concept
b. Theory
c. Source
d. Artifact
6. _________________ is often described as a time in which nothing was written about the
history of people.
a. Ice Age
b. Post-history
c. Pre-history
d. Neolithic
7. A part or imprint of something that was once alive is called a/an _________________
a. Artifact
b. Primary source
c. Secondary source
d. Fossil
8. Evidence indicates that a number of Stone Age hominids were able to _______________
large distances in search of food and resources.
a. Bipedal
b. Navigate
c. Migrate
d. Sail
9. __________________ is the study of the past based upon what people left behind.
a. History
b. Archaeology
c. Paleontology
d. Anthropology
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B. PALEOLITHIC HOMONIDS
10. We know that this hominid had control of fire because charred bones have been found
near its fossil remains:
a. Australopithecus
b. Homo Erectus
c. Homo Habilis
d. Homo Rudolfensis
11. These hominids possibly lived as long as 4 million years ago:
a. Australopithecus
b. Homo Ergaster
c. Homo Erectus
d. Homo Habilis
12. Louis Leakey chose the name “handy man” for this ancestor because of the many stone
tools found near the remains:
a. Homo Erectus
b. Australopithecus
c. Homo Habilis
d. Neanderthal
13. They were the first to make art. Their pictures show animals and some human
figures:
a. Homo Sapiens Sapiens
b. Homo Habilis
c. Homo Erectus
d. Neanderthals
14. These hominids had extremely tough and powerful bodies that were designed for hunting
large mammals:
a. Neanderthals
b. Homo Erectus
c. Homo Habilis
d. Homo Sapiens Sapiens
15. These hominids buried their dead with animal bones and tools, suggesting that they had
religious beliefs:
a. Homo Erectus
b. Homo Habilis
c. Neanderthals
d. Homo Floresiensis
16. This hominid’s name is Latin for “Upright Man”.
a. Homo Ergaster
b. Homo Habilis
c. Homo Sapiens Sapiens
d. Homo Erectus
17. Based upon shape of their skulls and jaws, these hominids probably had a simple from of
speech:
a. Homo Erectus
b. Australopithecus
c. Ardipithecus
d. Homo Habilis
18. These hominids lived from about 130,000 to 40,000 years ago. They probably became
extinct due to major changes in their environment, as well as competition from modern
humans.
a. Neanderthals
b. Homo Sapiens Sapiens
c. Homo Erectus
d. Homo Fellodinus
19. Evidence indicates that although these hominids were fully upright, they had very ape-like
features:
a. Homo Erectus
b. Neanderthals
c. Australopithecus
d. Homo Sapiens Sapiens
20. Evidence indicates that they existed 2 million to 1 million years ago. Their ability to make
simple stone tools allowed them to hunt animals and eat meat.
a. Australopithecus
b. Homo Habilis
c. Homo Erectus
d. Neanderthals
21. Evidence indicates that these were the first hominids to migrate into areas of Asia
a. Homo Habilis
b. Homo Erectus
c. Neanderthals
d. Homo Sapiens Sapiens
22. Homo Sapiens Sapiens invented the spear thrower. What did this invention allow them to do?
a. Make clothes for animal skins
b. Kill animals from a distance
c. Keep animals out of their shelters
d. Make better paintings of animals
23. You are digging at an archaeological site. As well as finding large and very well made spearheads, you also find the bones of woolly mammoths, bison, woolly rhino, and cave bear. What
does your finding indicate?
a. Australopithecus lived here
b. Homo Erectus lived here
c. Neanderthal lived here
d. Homo Habilis lived here
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