Early Man - Chapter 2

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

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

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

A) He never used tools
B) He was the first to shape strong metals into tools
C) He designed the best 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) Handy Man
B) Doubly Wise Man
C) Lucy
D) Upright Man

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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