CHAPTER 1 LESSON 3 How Archaeologists Study the Past
Lesson 3 Quiz
CHAPTER 1
Part 1: Terms and Names
Choose the letter of the best answer.
____ 1. What are artifacts?
a. remains of early life
b. objects made by humans
c. human-like creatures that walk on two feet
d. scientists who work with archaeologists
____ 2. Which of the following is not a fossil?
a. a bone
c. a skull
b. a stone tool
d. a tooth
____ 3. What are some of the earliest hominids that archaeologists have found called?
a. australopithecines
c. Homo erectus
b. Homo habilis
d. Homo sapiens
Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
____ 4. Based on the discoveries of Louis and Mary Leakey, where did human
evolution begin?
a. South America
c. Asia
b. Europe
d. Africa
____ 5. What is the Paleolithic Age also known as?
a. the Middle Stone Age
c. the Old Stone Age
b. the New Stone Age
d. the True Stone Age
____ 6. What purpose did the Mesolithic Age serve between the Old and New
Stone Ages?
a. a
contrast
b. a border
c. a
bridge
d. a divider
____ 7. What development of the Neolithic Age greatly changed people’s lives?
a. language
c. art
b. farming
d. fire
Part 2: Essay
Answer the following question(s) on the back of this paper or on a separate sheet
of paper?
How did life change for early humans during the three phases of the Stone Age?
Chapter 1, Lesson 3
Formal Assessment
wh06fa-0101.indd 7
7
1/25/05 2:19:22 PM