Our World: Pre-History Trivia Quiz

Answer: all of these

Historians use all of these items to verify that events throughout time have actually occurred. Fossils of human remains or of animals, insects, etc, can help both historians and archaeologists determine what creatures existed at a point in time and how they have evolved into the present. Tools work in the same manner as fossils as historians can determine that the more complicated the tools, buildings, etc are, the more sophisticated the society was during a particular period in time. Hieroglyphics need to be interpreted by archaeologists and historians in order to obtain any meaning.

These are simple pictures that have been painted or carved in rock or tablets and help historians and archaeologists determine events that have happened. For example, if there is a picture drawn of a battle, historians may conclude that a serious war or fight may have occurred within a specific society.

Answer: Flute

The oldest flute was found in Divje Babe I which is located in Slovenia. This flute was discovered by paleontologist Ivan Turk from the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts. This flute was estimated to be 45,000 years of age in 1995.

Answer: Neolithic

The term "neolithic" does not refer to a specific chronological period, but to behavioural and cultural features and the development of crops, farming, and the domestication of various animals during the Stone Age.

Answer: Hadean

The Hadean geological era occurred around 4.5-3.8 billion years ago. Many scientists and historians believe that "the oldest meteorites and lunar rocks are about 4.5 billion years old, but the oldest Earth rocks currently known are 3.8 billion years old". According to the Wikipedia article on the Solar System, "[the system] formed from the gravitational collapse of a giant molecular cloud".

Answer: Bed I

Beds I-IV are all archaelogical deposits within Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania. Bed I contains evidence of human campsites, living quarters, and the earliest forms of man made tools.

Answer: Cemetery 117

Cemetery 117 was discovered in 1964 during the construction of the Aswan Dam in Egypt. Although debated somewhat, most historians and archaeologists agree that this is the oldest known warfare location in the world.

Answer: Folk

Traditional Native American music and Australian Aboriginal music by pre-literate tribes has been studied by historians and has often been compared to that of modern folk music due to its simplicity in sound and lyrics.

Answer: Palaeolithic

This particular work of art has been linked to the "upper" Palaeolithic period. Both cave paintings and portable art workings have been linked to this period in pre-history. Many historians speculate that only Homo sapiens were able to produce such works of art because Homo neanderthalensis were not developed enough to contribute to such complicated works of art.

Answer: Russia and Alaska

"It is thought that the bridge "rose" from the ocean as vast amounts of ocean water became tied up in the enormous glaciers of the last ice age. That exposed the broad continental shelves now covered by the Bering Strait and created the land bridge."
(http://whyfiles.org/061polar/anthro.html)

Answer: Small stone tools

"These prehistoric tools were often formed as various kinds of triangles, lunate shaped, trapezes etc. These tools have often been used by historians for dating purposes. It has been theorized that these tools were often used as barbs for arrows and spears."
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/microlith)