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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Motor functions
B Vision
C Organization and planning
D Personality
Question #2
A The domestication of the various plants and animals increase our diverse diet
B The use of the lunar calendar allowed us to produce agriculture
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 Sends signals away from the cell body
B interprets signals received
C Fatty covering that peeds up the electrical impulse signal
D Area that permits pass of electrical/chemical signal
Question #4
A Area that permits pass of electrical/chemical signal
B Fatty covering that peeds up the electrical impulse signal
C Sends signals away from the cell body
D Receives information from other axons
Question #5
A interprets signals received
B Fatty covering that peeds up the electrical impulse signal
C Receives information from other axons
D Sends signals away from the cell body
Question #6
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 #7
A Sends signals away from the cell body
B Fatty covering that peeds up the electrical impulse signal
C Receives information from other axons
D interprets signals received
Question #8
A 25,000 year old writing
B Paintings that utilized minerals mixed with extenders as paint
C Musical instruments like flutes, drum sticks, and bull roarers
D Lunar calendars
Question #9
A . Larger populations of Homo sapiens allow for a more rapid accumulation of mutations that help individuals live longer and age later
B Having three generations living allows children to learn more and be better prepared to survive in their environments
C Living in arctic conditions build strength
D Living in temperate conditions
Question #10
A A punch flaking method allowed Homo sapiens to get more cutting edge from each pound of stone
B . Innovations like the toggle head spear increased the efficiency and deadliness of a weapon
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 e fossil is complete enough to suggest that it is an African Neanderthal
D Homo sapiens could not have evolved 195,000 years ago
Question #12
A Stabilized foot arch
B Thick brow ridge
C 1300 cc brain size
D Vertical forehead
Question #13
A wooden spears
B bows and arrows
C Fossil bones
D Atylatl
Question #14
A Turkana boy
B Kabwe cranium
C Herto cranium
D Bodo cranium
Question #15
A A Levallois tool making technique that allowed Neanderthals to control the size and shape of their stone tools
B Leather working instruments that showed Neanderthals were manipulating animals pelts in order to making clothing and shoes
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 short and stocky bodies that allowed them to retain 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 bodies that were lighter and leaner than Homo sapiens, which allowed them to retain more 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 Projected mid face
B Double arched brow
C Relatively small brain size compared to Homo sapiens
D Swept back cheeks