Hass Dates Revision

Question 1

Ancient history starts around how many years ago?

Answer 1

250,000 years ago.

Question 2

The first human-like species emerged in Africa around how many years ago?

Answer 2

2 million years ago

Question 3

There were how many different human like species that evolved around this time?

Answer 3

20

Question 4

Only one early human species survived.

Answer 4

Homo Sapiens

Question 5

In what kind of form did early human migrate out of Africa?

Answer 5

In waves.

Question 6

Homo sapiens are thought to have migrated between how many years ago?

Answer 6

70,000-100,000 years ago.

Question 7

What were the reasons early humans began to migrate out of Africa?

Answer 7

Climate change, scarcity of resources, competition (war)

Question 8

What made migration out of Africa possible?

Answer 8

Developed spoken language, ice age=land bridges

Question 9

Homo sapiens developed spoken languages around how many years ago?

Answer 9

150,000 years ago

Question 10

Homo sapiens travelled out of Africa during the ice age about how many year ago?

Answer 10

100,000 years ago

Question 11

Sahel separated around how many years ago?

Answer 11

10,000 years ago

Question 12

When was Jesus’ birth?

Answer 12

1CE

Question 13

When was writing developed?

Answer 13

around 3400 BCE

Question 14

What evidence do we have of ancient societies?

Answer 14

Art, Human remains, Building or their remains, Writing, Tools, Pottery

Question 15

petroglyph

Answer 15

engrave by pecking, hammering or chipping

Question 16

pictograph

Answer 16

paint minerals: charcoal, clay, chalk, ochre

Question 17

There are more than how many rock art sites around Australia?

Answer 17

100,000