Chapter 1 - Hominids

Question 1

What were the first hominids to discover fire?

Answer 1

Homo erectus was the first to discover fire.

Question 2

What were the first hominids to leave Africa?

Answer 2

Homo erectus were the first to leave Africa.

Question 3

What were the first hominids to make tools?

Answer 3

Homo habilis were the first to make tools.

Question 4

What were the earliest group of hominids?

Answer 4

The earliest group of hominids were Australopithecines. (“Lucy”)

Question 5

What hominid had language, a larger brain, and traveled to North America using a land bridge known as “Beringia”?

Answer 5

This group of hominids was known as Homo sapiens.

Question 6

What does Paleolithic mean?

Answer 6

It means “old stone”.

Question 7

What does Neolithic mean?

Answer 7

It means “new stone”.

Question 8

What is the Fertile Crescent?

Answer 8

It is a land located in between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. It stretches down to the Nile. The Fertile Crescent is surrounded by desert (non-fertile) and mountains.

Question 9

What’s the difference between a city and a village?

Answer 9

Cities are larger, more complex, and influence the political, economic, and cultural life of the region.