Chapter 1Voyages in

World History

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Question

A female known as Lucy yielded to scientists the most complete remains of

a) australopithecus.

b) Kennewick Man.

c) homo sapiens.

d) homo erectus.

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Answer

A female known as Lucy yielded to scientists the most complete remains of

a) australopithecus. (correct)

b) Kennewick Man.

c) homo sapiens.

d) homo erectus.

Hint: See page 6.

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Question

______ was the human ancestor that migrated from Africa to Asia.

a) Homo habilis

b) Australopithecus

c) Homo sapiens sapiens

d) Homo erectus

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Answer

______ was the human ancestor that migrated from Africa to Asia.

a) Homo habilis

b) Australopithecus

c) Homo sapiens sapiens

d) Homo erectus (correct)

Hint: See page 7.

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Question

Remains of the oldest anatomically modern humans have been found in

a) Australia.

b) Ethiopia.

c) Tanzania.

d) Israel.

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Answer

Remains of the oldest anatomically modern humans have been found in

a) Australia.

b) Ethiopia. (correct)

c) Tanzania.

d) Israel.

Hint: See page 8.

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Question

Humans living in Europe during the Upper Paleolithic period are called

a) Cro Magnon.

b) homo habilis.

c) Neanderthals.

d) Mungo people.

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Answer

Humans living in Europe during the Upper Paleolithic period are called

a) Cro Magnon. (correct)

b) homo habilis.

c) Neanderthals.

d) Mungo people.

Hint: See page 12.

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Question

Chauvet and Lascaux in France are sites of

a) elaborate burials.

b) complex habitations.

c) important cave paintings.

d) the last known Neanderthal remains.

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Answer

Chauvet and Lascaux in France are sites of

a) elaborate burials.

b) complex habitations.

c) important cave paintings. (correct)

d) the last known Neanderthal remains.

Hint: See page 12.

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Question

The last land mass to be inhabited by homo sapiens sapiens was

a) the Americas.

b) East Asia.

c) Australia.

d) southern Africa.

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Answer

The last land mass to be inhabited by homo sapiens sapiens was

a) the Americas. (correct)

b) East Asia.

c) Australia.

d) southern Africa.

Hint: See page 13.

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Question

The residents of Monte Verde hunted a relative of the modern elephant called the

a) wooly mammoth.

b) Titanothere.

c) mastodon.

d) smilodon.

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Answer

The residents of Monte Verde hunted a relative of the modern elephant called the

a) wooly mammoth.

b) Titanothere.

c) mastodon. (correct)

d) smilodon.

Hint: See page 17.

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Question

The people of the Clovis technological complex were heavily concentrated in

a) the Mississippi region.

b) the Great Plains.

c) Oregon.

d) Chile.

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Answer

The people of the Clovis technological complex were heavily concentrated in

a) the Mississippi region.

b) the Great Plains. (correct)

c) Oregon.

d) Chile.

Hint: See page 18.

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Question

The first animal to be domesticated, around 10,000 B.C.E., was the

a) cow.

b) horse.

c) ox.

d) dog.

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Answer

The first animal to be domesticated, around 10,000 B.C.E., was the

a) cow.

b) horse.

c) ox.

d) dog. (correct)

Hint: See page 22.

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Question

Between 8300 and 7500 B.C.E., the largest Natufian settlement was

a) Jericho.

b) Ain Ghazal.

c) Catalhoyuk.

d) New Guinea.

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Answer

Between 8300 and 7500 B.C.E., the largest Natufian settlement was

a) Jericho. (correct)

b) Ain Ghazal.

c) Catalhoyuk.

d) New Guinea.

Hint: See page 23.