1. The earth came into existence around
a. five hundred million years ago.
b. one billion years ago.
c. four to five billion years ago.
d. ten billion years ago.
e. twenty-seven billion years ago.
Answer: c
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2. The term prehistory refers to the period before
a. writing.
b. the first hominid.
c. the appearance of Homo sapiens.
d. 1000 B.C.E.
e. the work of the Greek historian Herodotus.
Answer: a
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3. From the period four million to one million years ago, which of the following flourished in
east Africa?
a. Homo sapiens sapiens
b. Homo erectus
c. Neandertal peoples
d. Homo sapiens
e. Australopithecus
Answer: e
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4. Which of the following statements about Australopithecus is NOT true?
a. They produced cleavers and hand axes.
b. They traveled deliberately over distances as far as fifteen kilometers.
c. They walked on two legs, thus freeing their arms to work independently.
d. They produced choppers and scrapers.
e. They were hominids.
Answer: a
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,5. The most important development of Homo erectus was
a. fire.
b. stone tools.
c. walking upright on two legs.
d. their communication skills.
e. writing.
Answer: d
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6. Which of the following statements is NOT true of Homo erectus?
a. They knew how to control fire.
b. They developed language skills that enabled them to communicate complex ideas.
c. They had brains roughly the same size as those of modern humans.
d. They produced cleavers and hand axes.
e. They walked upright on two legs.
Answer: c
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7. Homo sapiens evolved
a. one million years ago.
b. five hundred thousand years ago.
c. one hundred thousand years ago.
d. two hundred thousand years ago.
e. forty thousand years ago.
Answer: d
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8. Homo sapiens had appeared in almost all the habitable regions of the world by around
________ years ago.
a. 250,000
b. 100,000
c. 50,000
d. 15,000
e. 5,000
Answer: d
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9. Homo sapiens used superior knowledge, sophisticated tools, and language to
a. build cities.
b. exploit the natural world more efficiently than any other species.
c. establish complex social and political institutions.
d. make tools and fire.
e. communicate limited ideas to each other.
Answer: b
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, 10. Which of the following statements is true of the inhabitants of the paleolithic age?
a. They had mastered writing.
b. They domesticated animals.
c. They were hunters and gatherers.
d. They had discovered agriculture.
e. They had mastered working with iron.
Answer: c
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11. Most scholars believe that, during the paleolithic age, social organization was characterized
by
a. a relative social equality.
b. a ruling priestly class.
c. a dominant class based on the private ownership of land.
d. a ruling merchant class.
e. a dominant matriarchal structure.
Answer: a
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12. Many scholars believe that during the paleolithic age the relationship between the sexes was
marked by
a. a female-dominated society based on the importance of gathering edible plants.
b. general social equality.
c. a male-dominated society based on the preeminence of hunting.
d. a male-dominated society based on sheer physical strength.
e. a male-dominated society based on the central role of the male sun god.
Answer: b
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13. The Venus figurines
a. were first found in the ruins of Çatal Hüyük.
b. date back to the time of Australopithecus.
c. were representative of the matriarchal societies of the neolithic age.
d. are representations of the goddess of love found in Jericho.
e. reflect early humans’ deep interest in fertility.
Answer: e
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14. With the development of languages, human beings were able to
a. produce long cutting edges.
b. accumulate knowledge and transmit it to new generations.
c. begin to fashion sharp tools from animal bones.
d. devise means for catching fish from deep waters.
e. invent spear throwers.
Answer: b
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