A History of World Societies Combined Volume 10th Edition - Test Bank

1.

How is the term species generally defined?

A)

A group of organisms that can communicate with one another

B)

A group of organisms that will share food with one another

C)

A group of organisms that can mate and produce fertile offspring of both sexes

D)

A group of organisms that originate from a different ancestor

2.

During which of the following periods did the ancestor common to both chimpanzees and humans probably live?

A)

3 to 5 million years ago

B)

5 to 7 million years ago

C)

10 to 12 million years ago

D)

12 to 14 million years ago

3.

Scientists used which of the following to label the first periods of human history?

A)

The material used for tools

B)

The height of the human form

C)

Language ability and skill level

D)

The location of human settlements

4.

Although the date varies by location, when did the shift to agriculture first occur?

A)

3000 B.C.E.

B)

15,000 B.C.E.

C)

9000 B.C.E.

D)

1000 B.C.E.

5.

What term is used for the first fully bipedal hominid known to paleontologists?

A)

Ardipithecus

B)

Homo habilis

C)

Australopithecus

D)

Homo sapiens

6.

Where have the majority of Australopithecus skeletal remains been found?

A)

The Sahara Desert

B)

The Great Rift Valley

C)

Jericho Valley

D)

The Island of Java

7.

How did Homo erectus differ from modern humans?

A)

Homo erectus had a slightly smaller brain size than modern humans.

B)

Homo erectus had no capacity for making and using tools.

C)

Homo erectus lived in larger groups than modern humans.

D)

Homo erectus shared food preparations and gathering.

8.

How Homo erectus migrate from China about 1.5 million years ago to settle on Java?

A)

By sailing woven grass boats

B)

By walking over land

C)

By floating on planks

D)

By paddling canoes

9.

Where did Homo sapiens first evolve?

A)

The Black Sea region

B)

The Nile Valley

C)

China

D)

East Africa

10.

Why were better social skills especially important for early human females?

A)

They needed help with food gathering.

B)

They needed help with home building.

C)

They needed help attracting a mate.

D)

They needed help with child rearing.

11.

Which of the following skills did Homo sapiens acquire around 25,000 years ago?

A)

The capacity to weave cloth

B)

The capacity to make tools from stone

C)

The capacity to domesticate sheep

D)

The capacity to use fire for warmth

12.

Which of the following is evidence that Neanderthals understood death to have a symbolic meaning?

A)

They drew pictures of the dead on walls.

B)

They buried the dead with symbolic objects.

C)

They wrote stories about the meaning of death.

D)

They built large funerary monuments.

13.

The Neanderthals of Europe were a branch of what hominid group?

A)

Homo sapiens

B)

Homo habilis

C)

Australopithecus

D)

Homo erectus