1. Prehistory

Question 1

Anthropologists

Answer 1

Anthropologists study culture, or people’s unique way of life

Question 2

Archaeologists

Answer 2

Scientists that uncover the story of prehistoric people by excavating and studying the traces of early settlements

Question 3

Paleontologists

Answer 3

Paleontologists study fossils

Question 4

Hominids

Answer 4

Humans and other creatures that walk upright are called hominids

Question 5

Australopithecines species

Answer 5

Lucy and the hominids who were from Southern + Eastern Africa

Question 6

Characteristics of the Australopithecines

Answer 6

• 1st humankind creature to walk upright

- They had opposable thumbs (helped pick things up)

Question 7

Lucy

Answer 7

• An adult female hominid from Ethiopia

- Lived around 3.5 million years ago, oldest hominid found to that date.

Question 8

Paleolithic Age

Answer 8

• The earlier and longer part of the Stone Age (Old Stone Age)
• The oldest stone chopping tools date back to this era

Question 9

Paleolithic Age Era

Answer 9

2.5 million- 8,000 BC

Question 10

Neolithic Age Era

Answer 10

8,000 BC- 3,000 BC

Question 11

Neolithic Age

Answer 11

• The New Stone Age

- People who lived during this time learned to polish stone tools, make pottery, grow crops, and raise animals

Question 12

Homo habilis

Answer 12

• Found in East Africa

- First to make stone tools

Question 13

Homo erectus

Answer 13

• Found in Africa, Asia, and Europe

- First hominids to develop technology, migrate from Africa, use fire, and have a language

Question 14

_____ developed into Homo Sapiens

Answer 14

• Homo erectus

Question 15

Homo sapiens means…

Answer 15

Wise men

Question 16

2 groups classified as early Homo sapiens

Answer 16

• Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons

Question 17

Neanderthal

Answer 17

• Found in Europe and SW Asia

- First to develop religious beliefs, and have ritual burials

Question 18

Hominids from oldest to modern

Answer 18

1. Australopithecines
2. Homo habilis
3. Homo erectus
4. Neanderthal
5. Cro- Magnon

Alex had huge new candles

Question 19

Cro-Magnons characteristics

Answer 19

• Found in Europe
• Fully modern humans
• Created art and planned their hunts

Question 20

Artifacts

Answer 20

Human-made objects

Ex. Tools and jewelry

Question 21

Why did early hominids migrate from Africa?

Answer 21

1. Food availability
2. Changing climate
3. Changing landscapes

Question 22

Where’s Stonehenge

Answer 22

• England

Question 23

Neolithic Revolution

Answer 23

• The agricultural revolution

- The change from food gathering to food producing

Question 24

Permanent settlements characteristics

Answer 24

• Developed agriculture + weaving skills
• Domesticated animals
• Made advanced tools and pottery