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1

The Pleistocene
A)is also known as the Ice Age
B)is marked by a series of interglacials and glacials
C)began about 1.8 million years ago
D)all of the above
2

When compared to Homo habilis and Homo rudolfensis, Homo ergaster
A)was bipedal
B)had a larger brain and a more modern body
C)had a brain the size of a modern human's brain
D)made and used stone tools
3

A 1.6-million-year-old skeleton of Homo ergaster was discovered at the African site of
A)Nariokatome
B)Dmanisi
C)Ubeidiya
D)Sangiran
4

Nariokatome's tall, slender body type may have helped to
A)make and use stone tools
B)deal with the heat in the tropics
C)Both of the above
D)Neither of the above
5

The hallmark of the Acheulian industry is the
A)chopper
B)hammerstone
C)handaxe
D)scraper
6

The method known as refitting has allowed archaeologists to
A)understand how gun flints were made in the nineteenth century
B)reconstruct the ancestry of Homo ergaster
C)study the processes by which stone tools were made
D)study cut marks on animal bones
7

Conjoined fragments of a stone tool are
A)fragments that were used to butcher animals
B)fragments that were used as tools
C)fragments that can be fit back together
D)all of the above
8

The earliest known Acheulian assemblage comes from
A)Konso-Gardula in Ethiopia
B)Dmanisi in Georgia
C)Ubeidiya in Israel
D)Nariokatome in Africa
9

The clearest and best evidence for early hearths comes from the site of
A)Swartkrans
B)Gesher Benot Ya'acov
C)Chesowanja
D)Dmanisi
10

Most early African archaeological sites are located in
A)the Great Rift Valley
B)the Jordan Valley
C)the Nile Valley
D)the Limpopo River Valley
11

Early archaeological sites outside Africa include
A)Konso-Gardula and Chesowanja
B)Olduvai Gorge and Koobi Fora
C)Nariokatome and Dmanisi
D)Ubeidiya and Gesher Benot Ya'acov
12

The site of Dmanisi
A)is dated to 1.4 Ma
B)produced no fossil human remains
C)is an early Acheulian site
D)none of the above
13

The site of Ubeidiya in the Jordan Valley
A)is classified as an early Acheulian site
B)produced the skulls of Homo ergaster
C)has produced evidence for hearths
D)all of the above
14

The process termed "Out of Africa 1" refers to
A)the appearance of the earliest members of the genus, Homo
B)the spread of modern people throughout the world beginning about 100,000 years ago
C)the movement of Homo erectus/ergaster out of Africa beginning about 1.7 or 1.8 million years ago
D)the development of stone tool technology
15

Early humans may have left Africa about 1.8 million years ago because
A)the number of large carnivores increased in Africa at that time
B)humans may have needed a lower population density in order to a richer diet to support a larger brain
C)both A and B
D)neither A nor B
16

When the sites of Ubeidiya and Dmanisi are compared,
A)Dmanisi is clearly younger
B)Ubeidiya produced more human remains
C)both sites produced early Acheulian industries
D)Dmanisi is older than Ubeidiya
17

The site of Ubeidiya is unique because
A)its deposits are faulted 80 degrees from horizontal
B)it is an early Acheulian site
C)it has produced evidence for hearths
D)all of the above
18

Which method(s) was used to date Ubeidiya?
A)radiocarbon dating
B)faunal correlations
C)fission-track dating
D)all of the above
19

Ubeidiya has provided evidence for
A)bifaces
B)butchered animal bones
C)a few tiny fragments of a hominin skull
D)all of the above
20

Gesher Benot Ya'acov is an important site because it has provided evidence for
A)hearths
B)elephant hunting
C)early pottery
D)none of the above
21

Gesher Benot Ya'acov has produced evidence for
A)bifaces and cleavers
B)wood working
C)an elephant skull
D)all of the above





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