Pre-History

Question 1

The Dates of Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic eras and Copper age.

Answer 1

1. 2.6mlnB.C - 10000 BC
2. 10000B.C - 8000B.C
3. 8000B.C - 3000B.C
4. 6000B.C - 3000B.C

Question 2

How long have anatomically correct humans existed for and until how long have they all stayed in Africa?

Answer 2

1. For 200k years
2. Until 70k years ago.

Question 3

[Time before written records]

Answer 3

Prehistory

Question 4

[The ability to walk upright on two legs]

Answer 4

Bipedalism

Question 5

[Study of human behavior]

Answer 5

Anthrophology

Question 6

[Measures the amount of radioactive carbon in fossils to place them in time. Only used on things that once lived]

Answer 6

Carbon dating

Question 7

[Human made objects with cultural significance]

Answer 7

Artifacts

Question 8

[Fertile area in a desert with water]

Answer 8

Oases

Question 9

[Determines age based on the rock layer artifacts are found in

Answer 9

Stratigraphic dating

Question 10

[Concept advocating for equality]

Answer 10

Egalitarianism

Question 11

How many years ago humanity mastered the fire?

Answer 11

1.7mln BC

Question 12

When was the last Ice Age

Answer 12

[115k to 11.7k yrs ago]

Question 13

[Small Stone Tools]

Answer 13

Microliths

Question 14

[Large stone structures or monuments built in theNeolithicandBronze Ages. Religious.]

Answer 14

Megalithic

Question 15

Venus [God of fertility] statues lasted from - to

Answer 15

[40k BC - 10k BC]

Question 16

How and why did Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic eras end

Answer 16

1. End of the last Ice Age.
2. End of hunter-gathering lifestyle.
3. The rise of metalwork.

Question 17

Around when did “Cognitive Revolution” happen

Answer 17

Around 70k years ago

Question 18

Early Symbolic system and its years

Answer 18

Proto-Writing 5000 BC - 3000BC

Question 19

Tools of the Mesolithic Era

Answer 19

1. Microliths
2. Improved Bows & Arrows
3. Fishing Rods

Question 20

Tools of Neolithic Era

Answer 20

1. Copper Axes
2. Copper Chisels
3. Copper Mirrors

Question 21

Tools of Paleolithic Era

Answer 21

1. Hand Axes
2. Choppers [Sharp edge stones]
3. Spears

Question 22

[Process of calculating/processing/solving problems using logic or algorithm]

Answer 22

Computation

Question 23

[Branch of mathematics that deal with numbers]

Answer 23

Arithmetic

Question 24

[Step-by-step set of instructions or rules]

Answer 24

Algorithm

Question 25

[Sudden change in political power or lifestyle]

Answer 25

Revolution

Question 26

[Process of examining your own brain]

Answer 26

Introspection

Question 27

[Scientific study of the Evolution, Ancestry]

Answer 27

Paleoanthropology

Question 28

When was the big bang, the solar systems and first microbial life.

Answer 28

1. 13.8B yrs ago.
2. 4.6B yrs ago.
3. 3.8B yrs ago.

Question 29

When was:
1. The Big Bang
2. Earth Formation
3. The Cambrian Explosion

Answer 29

1. 13.8b yrs ago.
2. 4.5b yrs ago.
3. 540mln yrs ago.

Question 30

When was:
1. First Microbial life on Earth
2. First Reptiles and Forests
3. The earliest ancestors of Humans

Answer 30

1. 3.8b yrs ago.
2. 300mln yrs ago.
3. 7mln yrs ago.