Chapter 01 Student Quiz - World in the Making Volume 1 Student Resources

. The oldest and largest variety of fossils comes from _____.

Africa.

India

North America.

Europe.

. The use of tools is a distinguishing characteristic of humans.

True.

False.

. The diversity of languages is one of the mean features that distinguish human

populations.

True.

False.

. The use of tools allowed human ancestors to eat meat, which led to _____.

Increased aggression.

Increased brain size.

Extinction of animal species.

Warfare.

. The first human ancestors began to bury their dead around _____.

100,000 years ago.

10,000 years ago.

5000 years ago.

1000 years ago.

. Agricultural techniques developed in Europe and spread to all other parts of the

globe.

True.

False.

. The invention of _____ made settlement possible even in arid parts of the world.

Farming.

Fertilizer.

Irrigation.

Weapons.

. Catal Hoyuk is remarkable for its ______.

Complex grid of streets.

Openness and indefensibility.

Lack of art and culture.

Lack of doors, windows, and streets.

. Australian Aborigines were unsophisticated, living in harmony with the land and not

manipulating their environment at all.

True.

False.

. Aborigines' complex religious life was based on _____.

A pantheon of nature gods.

Dreamtime, a state where they could contact their creators.

One distant, patriarchal god.

A pair of twin deities, male and female.