Early Man - Chapter 2

1. According to our text, which hominid was the earliest?

A) Homo Habilis
B) Homo Erectus
C) Australopithecus Afarensis
D) Homo Sapiens Neanderthalensis

2. Why is Homo Habilis known as "Handy Man"?

A) He designed the best tools
B) He never used tools
C) He was the first to shape strong metals into tools
D) He was the first to use tools

3. Which Hominid group was likely the first to appear in other continents than Africa?

A) Doubly Wise Man
B) Handy Man
C) Lucy
D) Upright Man

4. This was the first hominid group to use fire.

A) Homo Erectus
B) Homo Neanderthalensis
C) Australopithicus Afarensis
D) Homo Sapiens Sapiens

5. This group was the first hominid group to use organized groups to hunt

A) Handy Man
B) Neanderthal
C) Upright Man
D) Lucy

6. What does the fact that Neanderthalensis buried their dead mean?

A) They wanted to stop the dead from rotting
B) They had a sense of care for their community
C) They didn't have any need for the dead anymore
D) They needed a place to put their dead

7. Once they had food and shelter, Doubly Wise Man began to....

A) Create artwork and express themselves
B) Hunt larger animals
C) Read to their young
D) Play sports

8. The main focus of this chapter is:

A) The place where each hominid group lived
B) The cool inventions made by each hominid group
C) The nicknames of each hominid group
D) The capabilities that helped each hominid group survive

9. Why was the discovery of Lucy so "exciting"?

10. What conclusion might a paleoanthropologist make by discovering hominid bones in Northern Asia.

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