Quest ion 1Why is the study of ancient bones important to us today?

A.) The study of ancient bones gives us information about our human ancestors.

B.) Ancient bones are the only sourceof information about early peoples.

C.) Ancient bones help develop better

forms of agriculture. D.) Ancient bones help develop modern technologies.

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A.) correct answer

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Quest ion 2What was important about Donald Johanson’s discovery of Lucy in 1974?

A.) It pointed to a hominid’s ability to walk upright. B.) It proved that hominids lived in East Africa

5,000 years ago.

C.) It proved that hominids used tools.D.) It was the first discovery of ancient bones.

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A.) correct answer

Quest ion 3Which of the following defines Homo erectus?

A.) thinking man B.) wise man

C.) upright man D.) modern man

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C.) correct answer

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Quest ion 4What effect did the invention of tools have on early humans?

A.) They increased chances for survival. B.) They decreased chances for survival.

C.) They required humans to stand close to animals when hunting.

D.) They allowed more animals to graze yhr fields.

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A.) correct answer

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Quest ion 5Which of the following best defines a land bridge?

A.) mammoth bones laid out over a body of water B.) a mountain range beside a body of water

C.) a strip if land connecting two continents D.) a strip of coast along a rocky shore

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C.) correct answer

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Quest ion 6Which of the following statements best summarizes why people learned how

to build shelters after migrating out of Africa?

A.) They needed to trade cloth with other merchants.

B.) They needed more protection to survive in colder areas.

C.) They needed less protection to survive in warmer areas.

D.) They needed to trade living spaces with others.

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B.) correct answer

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Quest ion 7Which statement best defines the Neolithic Revolution?

A.) major battle fought between people of Asia and Africa

B.) major battle fought between the peoples of Asia

C.) the shift from food gathering to huntingD.) the shift from food gathering to food producing

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D.) correct answer

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Quest ion 8What effect did farming have on people in the Stone Age?

A.) It allowed them to travel.B.) It allowed them to build permanent settlements.

C.) It allowed them to paint caves. D.) It allowed them to hunt for animals.

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B.) correct answer

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Quest ion 9Which of the following best defines a megalith?

A.)a ruler or king of an ancient kingdom B.) a temple made of wood

C.) huge stones used as monumentsD.) a large mammal that lives in the Asian tundra

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C.) correct answer

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Quest ion 10People in the New Stone Age had a different relationship to plants and animals

due primarily to

A.) barbarian invasions B.) migration patterns

C.) religious beliefs and fire control D.) climactic changes and human innovations

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D.) correct answer

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Quest ion 11Which of the following statements best summarizes the relationship between

farming and the growth of towns?

A.) Farming held back the development in the arts.

B.) Farming competed with hunting and gathering practices.

C.) The development of farming led to more hunter-gatherer groups.

D.) The development of farming helped establish permanent settlements.

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D.) correct answer

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Quest ion 12Archaeologist who believed that bones found in East Africa in 1959

belonged to hominids

A.) Stonehenge B.) Mary Leaky

C.) Australopithicus D.) Donald Johanson

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B.) correct answer

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Quest ion 13Another word for farming

A.) ancestor B.) megaliths

C.) domestication D.) agriculture

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D.) correct answer

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Quest ion 14Process of changing plants or animals to make them more useful

to humans

A.) ice ages B.) agriculture

C.) domestication D.) distribute

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C.) correct answer

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Quest ion 15To move from one place to another

A.) migrate B.) distribute

C.) mammoth D.) domestication

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A.) correct answer

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