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Directions: Read each question or prompt carefully. Answer each question the best you
can. Take note of directions as following them will help your score.
A) a threshold moment
B) collective learning
C) evolution
2. Archaeologists dig for fossils and artifacts. Which of the pictures below
represents what archaeologist would most likely come across in their
work? (Circle your choice)
3. Louis and Mary Leakey did research that provided evidence that
humans first appeared in the Oldavi Gorge, Tanzania… in Africa. This
disproved an earlier belief that humans first appeared in
_____________.
7. One of the first and biggest pieces of evidence that early man began to
utilize collective learning, was the development of ____________.
a. Tools
b. Family groups
c. Homes
8. Evidence has been found through archaeological digs and analyzed by
anthropologists that showed that early man was hunting and killing
animals for food about 80,000 years ago. Which of these artifacts that
was found at one of those digs would suggest that?
10. Gorillas in the Mist was based on Dian Fossey’s life. Her study of a
species of animal helped to reveal that the animal was almost extinct.
Which of these animals below did she spend her life studying? (circle)
13. GEOGRAPHY: Using the map…show the route that early man must have
taken to get from Africa to North America, during the migration period
from 50,000 years ago to when they reached North America about
15,000 years ago….Draw a line with an arrow, showing the route.
= starting point
= ending point
14. What does it mean to “migrate”?
a. To wake up each day hunting and searching for food
b. To settle down in one area, and establish a routine
c. To pick and move where the living conditions might be better
15. The main thing that has separated humans from the rest of the animal
kingdom, and has allowed us to dominate the planet is______________.
a. Our symbolic language
b. The ability to hunt for food
c. Our ability to make and use tools
A. True B. False