The Past In Perspective, 3/e

Evolutionary Epilogue

Multiple Choice Quiz


1	When did our human ancestors cross the intellectual threshold that would forever determine the focus of human adaptation?
		A)	1.5 million years ago.
		B)	2.5 million years ago.
		C)	3.5 million years ago.
		D)	4.5 million years ago.


2	What was the most important outcome from that intellectual threshold?
		A)	agriculture
		B)	scavenging
		C)	culture
		D)	control of fire


3	Our _____ enable(s) us to define our evolutionary destinies.
		A)	intelligence
		B)	bipedalism
		C)	palm pilots
		D)	none of the above.


4	In a sense, all human history is based on the _____.
		A)	Oldowan tool industry
		B)	Clovis tool industry
		C)	Levallois tool industry
		D)	Gravettian tool industry


5	What year was the first space shuttle launched?
		A)	1972
		B)	1981
		C)	1986
		D)	1990


6	Orthogenesis is
		A)	holding correct or currently accepted opinions.
		B)	the valid notion of a predestined and progressive pattern of evolutionary change.
		C)	the invalid notion of a predestined and progressive pattern of evolutionary change.
		D)	the first time a bunch of metal was put in someone’s mouth to effect change.


7	The above answer provides the philosophical underpinning for the hypothesis of:
		A)	catastrophists.
		B)	uniformitarianism.
		C)	anthropology
		D)	unilineal evolution.


8	What is the biggest lesson to be gained from this book?
		A)	There is no inevitability to material progress.
		B)	Our history and our future have no set direction.
		C)	What all humans have in common is an underlying theme of change and adaptation.
		D)	All the above.

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