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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Personality
B Motor functions
C Organization and planning
D Vision
Question #2
A The use of the lunar calendar allowed us to produce agriculture
B The domestication of the various plants and animals increase our diverse diet
C The evolution of spears allowed humans to consume more meat
D The control over fire allowed us to cook our food and get more nutrients from it
Question #3
A interprets signals received
B Area that permits pass of electrical/chemical signal
C Sends signals away from the cell body
D Fatty covering that peeds up the electrical impulse signal
Question #4
A Sends signals away from the cell body
B Area that permits pass of electrical/chemical signal
C Receives information from other axons
D Fatty covering that peeds up the electrical impulse signal
Question #5
A Receives information from other axons
B Sends signals away from the cell body
C Fatty covering that peeds up the electrical impulse signal
D interprets signals received
Question #6
A Fatty covering that peeds up the electrical impulse signal
B Sends signals away from the cell body
C Area that permits pass of electrical/chemical signal
D interprets signals received
Question #7
A Receives information from other axons
B Fatty covering that peeds up the electrical impulse signal
C interprets signals received
D Sends signals away from the cell body
Question #8
A 25,000 year old writing
B Paintings that utilized minerals mixed with extenders as paint
C Lunar calendars
D Musical instruments like flutes, drum sticks, and bull roarers
Question #9
A Having three generations living allows children to learn more and be better prepared to survive in their environments
B Living in temperate conditions
C . Larger populations of Homo sapiens allow for a more rapid accumulation of mutations that help individuals live longer and age later
D Living in arctic conditions build strength
Question #10
A A punch flaking method allowed Homo sapiens to get more cutting edge from each pound of stone
B Projectile weapons like spears and arrows increased the distance between predator and prey
C . Innovations like the toggle head spear increased the efficiency and deadliness of a weapon
D All of the above
Question #11
A The fossil is very fragmented, not providing enough of the skull to identify it as Homo sapien
B Homo sapiens could not have evolved 195,000 years ago
C Homo sapiens are not believed to have evolved in Ethiopia
D e fossil is complete enough to suggest that it is an African Neanderthal
Question #12
A Vertical forehead
B 1300 cc brain size
C Stabilized foot arch
D Thick brow ridge
Question #13
A bows and arrows
B Fossil bones
C wooden spears
D Atylatl
Question #14
A Kabwe cranium
B Bodo cranium
C Herto cranium
D Turkana boy
Question #15
A Leather working instruments that showed Neanderthals were manipulating animals pelts in order to making clothing and shoes
B A Levallois tool making technique that allowed Neanderthals to control the size and shape of their stone tools
C Advanced use of hunting and trapping materials that showed Neanderthals exploited small game resources as well as oceanic resources
D Burials where Neanderthal bodies were placed in the fetal position and covered in flowers, reflecting a potential for spirituality
Question #16
A Neanderthals had bodies that were lighter and leaner than Homo sapiens, which allowed them to retain more heat in an arctic environment
B Neanderthals had bodies of equal size to Homo sapiens, which allowed them to effectively compete for resources in a mild climate
C Neanderthals had short and stocky bodies that allowed them to retain heat in an arctic environment
D Neanderthals had short and stocky bodies that allowed them to reduce heat in a sub-tropical environment
Question #17
A Relatively small brain size compared to Homo sapiens
B Swept back cheeks
C Projected mid face
D Double arched brow