1. Early Humans Quiz
Ms. Butzen

2. Prehistory is the time before…….
dinosaurs
written language
C. sand
D. rocks
Answer: B (written language)

3. What is an archaeologist?
A veterinarian
A person that studies the past by examining artifacts and fossils.
A doctor
A school principal
Answer: B ( A person that studies the past by examining artifacts and fossils)

4. What is a fossil? A non-living object people from the past made.
A dog treat
Agriculture
Bone remains or imprints of past living things (animals, humans, and plants).
Answer: D (Bone remains or imprints of past living things (animals, humans, and plants)

5. What is an artifact? A piece of chocolate cake
An non-living object people in the past made.
A fossil Bone remains or imprints of past living things (animals, humans, and plants).
Answer: B (An non-living object people in the past made)

6. Where was the human-like hominids first appeared?
North America
Asia
Aux Sable Middle School
Africa
Answer: D (Africa)

7. What are Hunter/Gathers
They were vegetarian.
Hunted animals and gathered fruits and vegetables.
They only ate animals.
They only ate fruits and vegetables.
Answer: B (Hunted animals and gathered fruits and vegetables)

8. Technology is what? Computer
People use knowledge and tools to help survive.
Paper and pencil
Xbox and PlayStation
Answer: B (People use knowledge and tools to help survive)

9. What helped early humans to hunt and gather food?
Never leaving one place.
Men hunted food and women gathered food.
Nothing
Language
Answer: D (Language)

10. What is the importance of developing language.
To gossip
To communicate to others to work together to survive.
Nothing
To hunt and gather crops.
Answer: B (To communicate to others to work together to survive)

11. What is migration? A piece of chocolate cake Staying in the same place
A pizza
Moving from place to place
Answer: D (Moving from place to place)

12. What are two reasons fire changed everything? Pick two answer choices.
To cook food
For safety at night to scare off predators and see at night.
To keep warm
To share stories about their day, which helped develop a spirit of community.
Answer: All are correct

13. What is the Agricultural Revolution
The time period stone age people shifted from being hunter/gathers to developing farms to grow their own food.
The time period stone age people became hunter/gathers.
The time period stone age people lived in caves as shelter.
The time period stone age people used stones to survive.
Answer: A

14. What led to population increase?
Migration decrease
Farming led to farmers to have surpluses leading to a population increase.
C. What is a population increase? Population decreased!
Answer: B

15. A unique skill or talent is called what?
A superpower
Specialization
C. Special
D. A superhero
Answer: B

16. What caused the Early Humans to specialize in other jobs other than farming?
The population grew and there was too many farmers and surpluses.
Farming isn’t fun.
Early Humans needed more farmers to support their families and their community.
Answer: A

17. What is population? Moving from place to place. Going to school.
People living in an area
Living in cave
Answer: C (People living in an area)

18. What does the word “domesticate” mean?
To grow flowers and crops
To go shopping.
To grow wild plants and tame wild animals.
To play video games?
Answer: C (To grow wild plants and tame wild animals)

19. What is a government? A place that has laws and leadership
Donald Trump
A bank company.
President, House of Representatives, and Senate.
Answer: A (A place that has laws and leadership)

20. A city where people work multiple jobs with social classes, culture, trade, and public buildings is called a what?
Village
Farm
Complex villages
Civilization
Answer: C

21. Tie Breaker
You will only have 30 seconds to answer the next question. The winning team will earn Jolly Ranchers. Good luck!
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22. How does Ms. Butzen like to drink coffee?
Just black
Add cream
Add sugar
Add cream and sugar
Answer: D