MCQs/Quiz on Oldowan Tools – The Oldest Stone Tools

The term Oldowan was used widespread stone tool archaeological style in prehistory. It was found that in early period the formation of tools were simple and usually made by chipping one stone by using the other big or heavy stone. It is believed the the Oldowan tools were used during the Lower Paleolithic period form 2.9 million years ago up to until at least 1.7 million years ago. It was used by the early humans called ancient Hominins across Africa.

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01) Which of the following the oldest discovered stone tool style which become the milestone of the history of human evolutionary dating as far back as 2.5 million years ago?
A) Lomekwi
B) Oldowan
C) Acheulean
D) Lower Paleolithic

02) Which of the following is the tools making style of dating as far back as 2.5 million years ago and is the witness of the earliest evidence of cultural and human behavior?
A) Lower Paleolithic
B) Acheulean
C) Lomekwi
D) Oldowan

03) Who is form the following is ancestor of Homo Sapiens and believed that the manufacturer of Oldowan tools?
A) Homo erectus
B) Homo neanderthalensis
C) Homo habilis
D) Homo rudolfensis

04) Currently the scientists recognize how many different species of early humans?
A) 01 to 05
B) 05 to 10
C) 10 to 15
D) 15 to 20

05) The scientist believe that there are _________ stages of human evolution?
A) 5
B) 6
C) 7
D) 8

06) Dryopithecus, Australopithecus, Ramapithecus, Homo habilis, Homo erectus, Homo neanderthalensis, and Homo sapiens are different __________ of Human Evolution? Fill the correct word from the following.
A) Style
B) Stage
C) Section
D) Spicy

07) The term Oldowan is widespread used for which of the following archaeological style of tools in prehistory?
A) Stone tools
B) Sharp tools
C) Shared tools
D) Sophisticated tools

08) The term Oldowan has taken from which of the following site?
A) Isampur
B) Lomekwi 3
C) Olduvai Gorge
D) Gona

09) In which year the first Oldowan stone tools were discovered at Olduvai Gorge site?
A) 1927
B) 1930
C) 1935
D) 1937

10) The Olduvai Gorge site is located in which of the following state?
A) Eygpt
B) Kenya
C) Ethiopia
D) Tanzania

11) What is the name of the archaeologist who discovered the Oldowan tools first?
A) Sonia Harmand
B) Louis Leakey
C) Jason Lewis
D) Stony Brook University

12) Louis Leakey is a __________ paleoanthropologist and archaeologist who is the first to discover the Oldowan tools? Complete the sentence with suitable option.
A) Kenyan-British
B) British-American
C) Kenyan
D) British

13) What is the following term some of the contemporary archaeologists and paleoanthropologist prefer to for Oldowan tools?
A) Old
B) Oldest
C) Unseen
D) Mode

14) The contemporary archaeologists and paleoanthropologist prefer to distribute the Oldowan in how many Modes?
A) 1
B) 3
C) 5
D) 7

15) The contemporary archaeologists and paleoanthropologist wanted to designate the pebble tool in which of the Mode Tools?
A) Mode 1
B) Mode 2
C) Mode 3
D) Mode 4

16) The contemporary archaeologists and paleoanthropologist designated bifacially worked tools in which of the Mode Tools?
A) Mode 1
B) Mode 2
C) Mode 3
D) Mode 4

17) The contemporary archaeologists and paleoanthropologist designated prepared-core tools, and other finished tools in which of the Mode Tools?
A) Mode 1
B) Mode 2
C) Mode 3
D) Mode 4

18) What is the name of the first lady archaeologist who created a system based terminology to classify the discovered and gathered Oldowan material?
A) Kathleen Kenyon
B) Tessa Verney Wheeler
C) Mary Leakey
D) Mary Brodrick

19) Mary Leakey distributed the whole gathered Oldowan material into how many categories in this system?
A) 7
B) 5
C) 3
D) 2

20) Who made the following system which was based on the category such as the cutting tools, the cleaning and digging tools and lifting tools?
A) Mary Leakey
B) Mary Brodrick
C) Kathleen Kenyon
D) Tessa Verney Wheeler

Option shown in Bold Letters are the correct option.

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