Early People Assessment Review

Early People Assessment Review

Tuesday, December 10, 13

What is the study of where human beings come from and how they behave?


What is the study of where human beings come from and how they behave?

Anthropology


What are hardened remains or imprints of living things that existed long ago?


What are hardened remains or imprints of living things that existed long ago?

Fossils


Where do scientists believe that most life began?


Where do scientists believe that most life began?

Africa


What are the three methods of determining the age of fossils?


What are the three methods of determining the age of fossils?

1. Compare objects in similar rock layers

2. Radioactive Dating

3. DNA comparison


Tools and skills that people use to meet their needs and wants is known as...


Tools and skills that people use to meet their needs and wants is known as...

Technology


The __________ Era lasted from about 2.5 million to 10,000 years ago.


The __________ Era lasted from about 2.5 million to 10,000 years ago.

Paleolithic


The Paleolithic era is also know as the ______ _______ Age.


The Paleolithic era is also know as the ______ _______ Age.

Old Stone Age


Which piece of technology was considered by some to be “The first great step in man’s freedom from his environment”?


Which piece of technology was considered by some to be “The first great step in man’s freedom from his environment”?

Fire


Define the term “Hunter-Gatherer”


Define the term “Hunter-Gatherer”

Early people groups who lived by hunting small animals and gathering plants


What are people who move from place to place with the seasons?


What are people who move from place to place with the seasons?

Nomads


Homo Sapien, Neanderthal, or Both?

Made hunting tools



Made hunting tools - both!



Appeared about 200,000 years ago



Appeared about 200,000 years ago - Neanderthal



Made no art or music



Made no art or music - neanderthal



Had complex language skills



Had complex language skills - homo Sapiens



Had taller, slimmer bodies



Had taller, slimmer bodies - Homo Sapiens



Buried their dead



Buried their dead - Both


What occurs when people leave their homeland to live somewhere else?


What occurs when people leave their homeland to live somewhere else?

Migration


What are the two theories of migration?


What are two theories of migration proposed in the textbook?

Homo Sapiens originated from Africa and migrated to other parts of the world over time.

Groups of early humans developed separately in different parts of the world.


As hunter-gatherers formed larger groups, they organized into clans of about _____ to _____ people.


As hunter-gatherers formed larger groups, they organized into clans of about _____ to _____ people.

25 to 50 people


“One of the most important signs of a complex culture is the existence of __________.


“One of the most important signs of a complex culture is the existence of __________.

Artwork


In 1940, four boys discovered cave paintings of horses, bison, bulls, and other prehistoric animals. In what country was this discovery made?


In 1940, four boys discovered cave paintings of horses, bison, bulls, and other prehistoric animals. In what country was this discovery made?

France (Lascaux in the southern France, to be specific!)


On your own piece of paper:

Draw the process of creating a fossil

Draw a Venn Diagram comparing Neanderthals and Homo Sapiens


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