EARLY HUMANS Flashcards
Write a sentence using the word “nomad” correctly.
Get creative.
What was the question that Lucy’s skeleton helped scientists answer? What is the correct answer to that question?
Question: Did big brains or walking upright come first?
Answer: Walking Upright
What are 2 things that cave paintings reveal to us about early humans?
1) Cave paintings can reveal their beliefs or what religion they were apart of.
2) Cave paintings can reveal their prey, and what tools they used to assassinate their prey.
True or False: Permanent settlements were built when people began to raise crops and animals.
True
True or False: Early humans hunted animals and gathered wild plants, seeds, fruits, and nuts and may even scavenged to survive.
True
True or False: Early humans learned how to play softball.
False
True or False: Stone tools were items made by early humans to hunt and kill animals and make fire.
True
The period of time before written history is known as
Prehistory
Which of the following is not a reason people migrated during the stone age?
A. They followed herds of animals.
B. They searched for new communities to trade with.
C. They wanted to find warmer climates.
D. They were looking for new sources of food.
B
Historians believe that people first lived in….
Africa
___ are a group of people who wander and follow herds of animals which they hunt
Cave people
Paleolithic people’s tools were made of what material?
Stone
Lucy is a member of which species of early humans?
Australopithecus afarensis
Lucy’s skeleton is famous for being
one of the oldest human ancestor fossils ever found
It is believed that Otzi died from
Ah arrow shot to the shoulder
Which of the following was not something scientists were able to learn about otzi?
He had bread and deer meat in his intestines.
He had tattoos.
He had 2 sons and a wife.
He had a heart disease.
He had 2 sons and a wife.
What are two reasons that humans migrated out of Africa?
Climate change and they were in need of food.
A time before written records:
Prehistory
A species that has an erect posture and can walk upright.
Hominid.
Humans that hunted for animals and found plants.
Hunter-Gathers
A person that moves place to place with no permanent home.
Nomand
What do archeological records tell us about humans in the past?
Archeological records tell us about early human’s lifestyle, their communication, tools, beliefs, and their prey in the past.
What were some uses stone tools had during the stone Age?
Some uses were to hunt and butcher prey and to weave clothing.
True or False: Early agriculture societies can be best described as nomadic.
False
Which of the following describes why cave art is important?
it was how hunter-gathers communicated
Cave art had no importance
writing their history down took too long
they used advanced techniques to create the cave art
it was how hunter-gathers communicated
