RD Curry

Soc Studies
Ch 3
 #1
The earliest known human ancestors, discovered
And named by Mary and Louis Leakey is called

A: Louis Jr. B: Australopithecus

C: Clovis D: Mr. Curry

Australopithecus
 Scientists believe that the first
human ancestors appeared in

A: Berengia B: Great Rift Valley

C: Clovis, New Mexico D: Santa Clara

Valley
Great Rift
Valley
 #3
Remains or imprints of ancient life preserved in the
Earth’s crust are called

A: ancestors B: Fossils

C: Descendents D: Hunter-gatherers
Fossils
 #4
These early modern
human ancestors
decorated
Caves with art

A: Rembrandt B: Cro-Magnon

C: Homo Erectus D: Neanderthal

Cro-Magnon
 The Latin term "Homo habilis" means

A: Upright Man B: Man with bad habits

C: Man who likes Ice Cream D: Handy Man or Man

who uses tools
Handy Man
or Man who
uses tools
 #6
The tools found near the remains of
the stone-age ancestors
called Homo habilis were made of

A: Iron B: Stone

C: Copper D: Wood
Stone
 #7
Based on the drawings which
archaeologists study,
it is believed that these early humans
traveled many miles to hunt eland.

A: People of Border Cave B: Clovis People

C: Neanderthal D: Australopithecus
 People
Of
Border Cave
 #8
These early Americans made tools in the same
way as some early Europeans

A: Border Cave People B: Clovis People

C: Village People D: Cro-Magnon People

Clovis
People
 #9
What conclusion have scientists drawn
about the people of Border Caves
in South Africa, based on their
cave drawings?

A: They created and used B: They grew crops

money

C: They had Religious D: The invented our

Beliefs English alphabet
They had
Religious
Beliefs
 #10
The name given to the oldest almost
complete skeleton
remains of an Australopithecus woman is

A: Ethel B: Mary Leakey

C: Lucy D: Shirley
Lucy
 #11
The species group of modern humans,
of which we belong is called

A: Homo genized B: Homo sapiens

C: Homo erectus D: Homo habilis

Homo sapiens
 #12
The land bridge which scientists believe
Once connected the eastern and
western hemispheres is called _____________.

A: Berengia B: Neander Valley

C: Great Rift Valley D: Golden Gate Bridge

Berengia
 #13
Scientists believe that the Berengia
land bridge once
connected the Americas to_______

A: Africa B: Europe

C: Africa D: Asia
ASIA
 #14
The latin term "Homo erectus" means

A: Hand Man or Tool B: Upright Man

Using Man

C: Uptight Man D: Slouching Man

Upright Man
 #15
These human ancestors
were short and squat and had large brains

A: Australopithecus B: Clovis People

C: Border Cave People D: Neanderthal

Neanderthal
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