Question 1

What were the social consequences of human migrations? How did the challenge of new environments influence human groups in different places?

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Question 2

From what part of the world does the oldest evidence for Homo sapiens come?

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A)   Ethiopia
B)   China
C)   South Africa
D)   AustraliaE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 3

Neanderthals lived alongside Homo sapiens for thousands of years

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A)   and had larger brains than humans.
B)   and evidence indicates they interbred with humans.
C)   but could not communicate because Neanderthals had smaller brains than Homo sapiens.
D)   and are known to have regularly fought one another.E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 4

Outside of Europe,cave paintings have also been found in

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A)   China.
B)   East Africa.
C)   South America.
D)   Australia.E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 5

Why have excavations at Monte Verde caused some scholars to believe that people may have entered the Americas much earlier than is generally thought?

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A)   because the archaeological find dates to around 20,000 years ago, and it is close to where humans are thought to have first entered the Americas
B)   because it is the most carefully excavated and studied archaeological site in North America
C)   because of the date of the archaeological find and its location
D)   because those scholars have failed to understand the real significance of the excavationsE) C) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 6

Which of the following was NOT used for applying pigments in cave paintings?

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A)   bone
B)   wood
C)   animal hair
D)   stonesE) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 7

What is the greatest threat today to the cave art from the Ice Age?

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A)   time
B)   weather
C)   humans
D)   erosionE) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 8

The world began to emerge from the last Ice Age approximately

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A)   5,000 years ago.
B)   15,000 years ago.
C)   25,000 years ago.
D)   35,000 years ago.E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 9

What was the purpose of art during the Ice Age and what did these works thought to symbolize? How were paintings made during the Ice Age,and what sorts of things appeared in them?

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During the Ice Age, the purpose of art w...

Question 10

What types of physical advantages enabled early humans to adapt to their environment?

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A)   excellent senses of sight and smell
B)   physical strength superior to their predators
C)   an ability to sweat profusely to stay cool
D)   a natural ability to climb treesE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 11

Homo erectus lived approximately

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A)   4.5 million years ago.
B)   2.5 million years ago.
C)   1.5 million years ago.
D)   30,000 years ago.E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 12

The commonly recurring mark that looks like a P is thought to stand for

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A)   a favored animal.
B)   a powerful male.
C)   a woman.
D)   a symbol for a calendar.E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 13

Which of the following enabled Inuit hunters to hunt effectively in the hostile environment of the Arctic winter?

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A)   improved boats
B)   improved hunting gear
C)   improved clothing
D)   improved lampsE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 14

The size of Ice Age communities was largely determined by

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A)   the resources of the area.
B)   the number of predators within an area.
C)   the types of tools that were available.
D)   the number of men compared with women in a community.E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 15

How did most people acquire food during the Ice Age? How did their nutrition compare with modern diets?

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Question 16

How does our understanding of what it is to be human shape our understanding of the later course of history?

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Our understanding of what it means to be...

Question 17

Although about 100,000 years ago Homo sapiens began spreading across the globe,it appears that significant changes in how Homo sapiens lived and organized themselves only date to the end of the last major Ice Age,between 20,000 and 15,000 years ago.Write an essay that explains these changes.

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The end of the last major Ice Age, betwe...

Question 18

How do paleoanthropologists attempt to define what a human being is? How are human beings similar to and different from other species?

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Paleoanthropologists attempt to define w...

Question 19

How was ochre used in burial rituals?

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A)   only in male burials
B)   for magical purposes
C)   as a means of preserving the body
D)   only in female burialsE) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 20

The first colonizers of Australia arrived by

Accepted Answer

A)   20,000 years ago.
B)   50,000 years ago.
C)   100,000 years ago.
D)   150,000 years ago.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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