CH 1 Self Test

• History
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

A creation narrative and the theory of evolution

1. are both scientific ideas
2. represent opposite views
3. describe the way in which God created mankind
4. describe the way in which mankind developed

Darwin wrote about the survival of the fittest.
This means that

1. to survive, a species has to be able to adapt
2. only the strongest species survive
3. only animals and mankind survived the ice age
4. the environment has no influence on evolution

Which statement is true?
Statement I: With Homo sapiens, evolution came to its climax and reached its final stage.
Statement II: Homo sapiens is still part of evolution.

1. Both statements are true
2. Both statements are false
3. Statement I is false and Statement II is true
4. Statement I is true and Statement II is false

According to the Out of Africa theory:

1. modern man migrated within Africa from south to north
2. mankind forms one human race
3. Europe populated Africa and Asia
4. only the northern species left the continent because of the Sahara Desert

Which statement about cave paintings is correct?

1. Cave paintings are written sources from prehistory
2. Cave paintings show that hunter-gathers lived in caves
3. Cave paintings are found by nomads
4. Cave paintings show scenes from prehistory

A source:

1. is always a text from the past
2. is never a written text
3. can be written as well as unwritten
4. is only found by archaeologists

Farming started in the Middle East because:

1. the area was flooded by rivers every year
2. there were large rivers
3. the first farmers lived there
4. hunter-gatherers collected most of their food there

Which statement is true?

1. A decade is a thousand years
2. AD is the same as BCE
3. A millennium is a million years
4. AD is the same as CE

Which statement is true?

1. A decade is a thousand years
2. AD is the same as BCE
3. A millennium is a million years
4. AD is the same as CE

Which of the following is NOT a correct
Typical Aspect of this Age?

1. life of hunter-gatherers
2. the rise of the first cities
3. the rise of specialisation
4. the first farmers

What is the best description of Prehistory?

1. the time of which we have no written records
2. All the time BC
3. the time from the dinosaurs until Lucy
4. the time in which people lived as hunter-gatherers

Napoleon lost the battle of Waterloo in 1815.
Which century was that?

1. 18th
2. 19th
3. 17th
4. 1800th

Which year belongs to the fifteenth century?

1. 1492
2. 1576
3. 1430 BC
4. 1688 AD

Why did hunter-gatherers have only few possessions?

1. because they did not have the skills to make more tools
2. because they did not need many possessions
3. because they had to carry everything when they travelled
4. because other groups would steal their possessions when they travelled

Which of these animals is the best example of a domesticated animal?

1. bear
2. rhinoceros
3. dog
4. eagle