SS Early Man 1

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SS Early Man 1

(10 Questions)
California State History-Social Studies Standards
Grade 6
6.1 Students describe what is known through archaeological studies of the early physical and cultural development of humankind from the Paleolithic Era to the Agricultural Revolution.
1. Describe the hunter-gatherer societies, including the development of tools and the use of fire.
2. Identify the locations of human communities that populated the major regions of the world and describe how humans adapted to a variety of environments.
3. Discuss the climatic changes and human modifications of the physical environment that gave rise to the domestication of plants and animals and new sources of clothing and shelter.

From Mr. Anker Tests

1. What is an object made by, or used by, people in the past called? (Examples include a bit of rope, a spear, a lamp with oil made from animal fat.) *

1 point

archeologist

artifact

religion

culture

2. A person who studies artifacts for clues about the past is called a(n) ________________. *

1 point

cave painter

biologist

archeologist

cave dweller

3. What do we call the time in history before writing was invented? *

1 point

prehistoric

ancient

native

futuristic

4. The cave paintings, found at Lascaux, France, showing prehistoric animals, were believed to have been painted approximately _________ years ago. *

1 point

170

1,700

17,000

17,000,000

5. Prehistoric humans are given what name? *

1 point

aliens

hominids

hunters

archers

6. What does an anthropologist do? *

1 point

an anthropologist studies the migration of dinosaurs

an anthropologist studies human development and culture

an anthropologist studies trees and plants only in Australia

an anthropologist travels to far-off places to enter inactive volcanoes

7. What was true about early hominids, called Australopithecus, who lived more than 3 million years ago? *

1 point

they were about 3 feet tall

they had a mix of human and ape features

they had large heads, with foreheads and jaws that stuck out

all of the above

8. Anthropologists, by studying the bones of Australopithecus’ like Lucy, figured out that they were bipeds. What does bipeds mean? *

1 point

that they had two, animal-like horns on their heads

that they had no legs

that they crawled on ‘all fours’ to get around

that they walked on two feet

9. Why did the anthropologists Louis and Mary Leakey call the hominid remains they found Homo habilis, or “Handy Man”? *

1 point

because they believed this group of hominids had the ability to make tools

because it had two hands

because the males had handsome features

none of the above

10. What is believed to be true about the group of hominids called Homo Erectus, who lived between 1.8 million and 200,000 years ago? *

1 point

they walked upright, and some were as tall as modern humans

they managed fire for heat, light, and cooking meat, and were able to carry fire with them when traveling

that they lived and traveled in groups

all of the above

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