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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Organization and planning
B Vision
C Personality
D Motor functions
Question #2
A The evolution of spears allowed humans to consume more meat
B The control over fire allowed us to cook our food and get more nutrients from it
C The domestication of the various plants and animals increase our diverse diet
D The use of the lunar calendar allowed us to produce agriculture
Question #3
A interprets signals received
B Sends signals away from the cell body
C Area that permits pass of electrical/chemical signal
D Fatty covering that peeds up the electrical impulse 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 Sends signals away from the cell body
B interprets signals received
C Fatty covering that peeds up the electrical impulse signal
D Receives information from other axons
Question #6
A interprets signals received
B Sends signals away from the cell body
C Area that permits pass of electrical/chemical signal
D Fatty covering that peeds up the electrical impulse signal
Question #7
A Receives information from other axons
B Fatty covering that peeds up the electrical impulse signal
C Sends signals away from the cell body
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 Having three generations living allows children to learn more and be better prepared to survive in their environments
B Living in temperate conditions
C Living in arctic conditions build strength
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 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 Homo sapiens could not have evolved 195,000 years ago
B e fossil is complete enough to suggest that it is an African Neanderthal
C Homo sapiens are not believed to have evolved in Ethiopia
D The fossil is very fragmented, not providing enough of the skull to identify it as Homo sapien
Question #12
A Stabilized foot arch
B 1300 cc brain size
C Thick brow ridge
D Vertical forehead
Question #13
A Atylatl
B bows and arrows
C wooden spears
D Fossil bones
Question #14
A Kabwe cranium
B Herto cranium
C Turkana boy
D Bodo cranium
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 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 reduce heat in a sub-tropical environment
D Neanderthals had short and stocky bodies that allowed them to retain heat in an arctic environment
Question #17
A Projected mid face
B Swept back cheeks
C Double arched brow
D Relatively small brain size compared to Homo sapiens