Early People Section 2 and 3 Quiz
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- Q1Which describes one way that early hunter-gatherers got food?They used tools to kill animals.They used chickens to lay eggs.They grew crops on farms.They grew seeds and nuts.30s
- Q2What was the main unit of Stone Age culture?large tribes led by several leadersa small group or band of peoplegroups of either hunters or gatherersa mother, a father, and children30s
- Q3Which is a kind of technology used by Stone Age humans?fireeggsburialcrops30s
- Q4How do nomads live?They travel from place to place with the seasons.They return to the same place each summer and winter.They make villages from connected caves.They build villages with permanent homes.30s
- Q5Which group was the first to bury its dead?hunter-gatherersNeanderthalsHomo sapiensearly Stone Age humans30s
- Q6. When archaeologists study an excavation site, objects found closer to the surface areimpossible to date with any accuracy.not as old as those found in deeper layersunlikely to contain any radioactive material.less damaged than those found below them.30s
- Q7Which fossil find was located in Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania?Tim White’s ArdiMichael Brunet’s humanoid skullDonald Johanson’s LucyThe Leakey’s discovery30s
- Q8If the “out of Africa” theory of human migration is correct, Homo sapien fossil remains found nearest to Africa should beyounger than those found on other continents.older than those found further from Africa.older than those found in Africa.younger than those found further from Africa.30s
- Q9Why were archaeologists interested in the cave paintings found near Lascaux in southern France? a. The paintings were the first evidence of early humans ever found in France. b. The caves had not existed during the last Ice Age. c. The paintings provided evidence that humans had become more complex. d. Cave paintings were worth a great deal of moneyThe paintings were the first evidence of early humans ever found in France.Cave paintings were worth a great deal of moneyThe caves had not existed during the last Ice Age.The paintings provided evidence that humans had become more complex.30s
- Q10The earliest tools were made fromanimal skins.iron.stone.fossils.30s