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