Chapter Chapter 19: Human Evolution
 
Activities Quiz
 

1 .       Which of these primate groups is most closely related to hominids? (Activity 19A) 

 apes
 Old World monkeys
 lorises
 prosimians
 New World monkeys


2 .       _____ are the oldest known primate group. (Activity 19A) 

 Apes
 Prosimians
 Anthropoids
 Hominids
 Monkeys


3 .       The primates that spend the most time walking upright are the _____. (Activity 19A) 

 apes
 prosimians
 New World monkeys
 hominids
 Old World monkeys


4 .       Which of these anthropoid groups consists of primates who are mostly tree dwellers and whose forelimbs and hind limbs are about equal in length? (Activity 19A) 

 monkeys
 hominids
 prosimians
 primates
 apes


5 .       Which of these primate groups lives in trees in Central and South America and has nostrils that are wide open and far apart? (Activity 19A) 

 hominids
 apes
 New World monkeys
 anthropoids
 Old World monkeys


6 .       Evidence indicates that _____ was the first hominid to use fire. (Activity 19B) 

 Australopithecus
 Homo erectus
 Ardipithecus
 Homo sapiens
 Homo habilis


7 .       Which of these hominids was bipedal but had a relatively small brain? (Activity 19B) 

 Australopithecus
 Homo erectus
 Ardipithecus
 Homo sapiens
 Homo habilis


8 .       Humans are _______. (Activity 19B) 

 Australopithecus
 Homo erectus
 Ardipithecus
 Homo sapiens
 Homo habilis


9 .       Humans probably evolved from _____. (Activity 19B) 

 Australopithecus
 Homo erectus
 Ardipithecus
 Homo sapiens
 Homo habilis


10 .       Evidence indicates that _____ was the first hominid to use simple stone tools. (Activity 19B) 

 Australopithecus
 Homo erectus
 Ardipithecus
 Homo sapiens
 Homo habilis