The Early Peoples

Question 1

During the Ice Ages, what continents were covered by glaciers?

Answer 1

Asia, Europe, and North America

Question 2

What biome was the land south of glaciers?

Answer 2

Tundra

Question 3

What was the weather in Africa during the Ice Ages?

Answer 3

Deserts were wetter, and tropics were drier.

Question 4

What are the three periods the Stone Age is divided into?

Answer 4

Paleolithic times, Mesolithic times, and Neolithic times

Question 5

When did Paleolithic times last?

Answer 5

2.5 million - 12,000 years ago

Question 6

What did hunter-gatherers eat?

Answer 6

Plant roots, berries, nuts, as well as meat left by other animals

Question 7

When did Mesolithic times last?

Answer 7

12,000 - 10,000 years ago

Question 8

In the Middle East, what plants did people harvest?

Answer 8

Wheat, barley and rye

Question 9

When did Neolithic times last?

Answer 9

10,000 - 5,500 years ago

Question 10

What tools were created during the Neolithic times?

Answer 10

Sickles, stones, pots, looms

Question 11

What is the meaning and description of Homo habilis?

Answer 11

Meaning: Skillful human

They were 1.5 meters tall, had smaller brains, and different facial features.

Question 12

What is the meaning and description of Homo erectus?

Answer 12

Meaning: Upright human

They were taller, had different facial features, bigger brains, and were more skillful at adapting to the environment.

Question 13

What is the meaning and description of Homo sapien?

Answer 13

Meaning: Thinking human
Neanderthals, who looked like modern day humans, tended to be heavier, shorter, and more skillful at survival than earlier humans.

Question 14

Were Neanderthals the first species to bury their dead?

Answer 14

Yes

Question 15

What lake was home to some of the first humans?

Answer 15

Lake Turkana

Question 16

During the Paleolithic times, where did people get fire from?

Answer 16

Lightning

Question 17

During the Paleolithic times, people moved from Africa to what continents?

Answer 17

Asia and Europe

Question 18

What is Cro-Magnon?

Answer 18

A place in France where remains of early humans were found

Question 19

Cro-Magnons look like what group today?

Answer 19

Europeans

Question 20

Where did Cro-Magnons live?

Answer 20

Europe, South East Asia, Russia, Africa, and Australia

Question 21

Were Cro-Magnons nomadic?

Answer 21

Yes

Question 22

What are three tools that Cro-Magnons made?

Answer 22

Hand axes, arrows, and knives

Question 23

What was the division of labor during the Paleolithic times?

Answer 23

Men did the hunting. Women gathered food, prepared food, parented, and made clothes. Children hauled firewood and water, and they learned skills.

Question 24

What are three musical instruments made by Cro-Magnons?

Answer 24

Whistles, flutes, and drums

Question 25

What crops were first grown in the Middle East?

Answer 25

Wheat, barley, and rye

Question 26

What crops were first grown in Eastern Asia?

Answer 26

Millet, rice, yams, and beans

Question 27

What crops were first grown in Central/North America?

Answer 27

Corn, beans, and squash

Question 28

Where did Agriculture begin?

Answer 28

The Middle East

Question 29

Where is Jericho, what was its size, and what was its population?

Answer 29

Location: Israel Size: Baseball Stadium Population: 2000 people

Question 30

What was the division of labor in Agrarian societies?

Answer 30

People could specialize in what they wanted.

Question 31

Where is Catal Huyuk, what was its size, and what was its population?

Answer 31

Location: Turkey Size: 13 hectares Population: 6000 people

Question 32

Where is the Stonehenge located?

Answer 32

Salisbury Plain in Southern England

Question 33

What were the large stones of Stonehenge called?

Answer 33

Megaliths

Question 34

When was the Stonehenge built?

Answer 34

4500 years ago

Question 35

Where is Easter Island located?

Answer 35

In the Pacific Ocean, 4000 km west of Chile

Question 36

What are the Nazca Lines?

Answer 36

A desert plateau in Peru

Question 37

What is a Geologist?

Answer 37

A person who studies rocks and the formation of the earth

Question 38

What is a Paleoanthropologist?

Answer 38

A person who studies early humans

Question 39

What is a Paleontologist?

Answer 39

A person who studies fossils to identify the vegetation, animal life and climate during a specific time

Question 40

What is a Biochemist?

Answer 40

A person who studies human tissue to determine the relationships between people

Question 41

What is an artist?

Answer 41

A person who recreates images from the past

Question 42

What is a consequence of fraud?

Answer 42

You don't always know what to believe

Question 43

What are the three important adaptations that early humans had?

Answer 43

Upright posture, hands that could grasp objects, and a large brain.

Question 44

When did homo habilis live?

Answer 44

2.5 million - 1.5 million years ago

Question 45

When did homo erectus live?

Answer 45

1.5 million - 200,000 years ago

Question 46

When did homo sapiens live?

Answer 46

250,000 years ago to present

Question 47

How many statues are on Easter Island?

Answer 47

600

Question 48

When were the statues of Easter Island made?

Answer 48

2000 years ago

Question 49

How were the Nazca lines formed?

Answer 49

By removing stones and then piling them to make an image.

Question 50

What was curious about the Nazca lines?

Answer 50

The images are so large that they can only be identified from the air.

Question 51

Who built Stonehenge?

Answer 51

Probably farmers

Question 52

Where did Cro-Magnons prefer to settle near?

Answer 52

Near rivers and streams in south-facing caves that caught the warmth of the sun.

Question 53

What were hand axes used for?

Answer 53

Cutting meat, scraping bones and hides, and digging up plant roots.

Question 54

How did humans during the Paleolithic times communicate?

Answer 54

Through gestures, signs, and grunts.

Question 55

When the food supply of an early group was exhausted, where would they move their camp to?

Answer 55

The sandy shores of streams that fed into Lake Turkana.

Question 56

Where were the famous Cro-Magnon paintings found?

Answer 56

Lascaux

Question 57

What group structure did Homo Erectus live in?

Answer 57

Small or extended-family groups of three generations, with each group having 20 people.

Question 58

How did Cro-Magnons make tools?

Answer 58

By hammering a bone or antler into a rock, and using the rock flakes to make tools.

Question 59

What was fire used for?

Answer 59

Cooking food, defending against animals, and keeping warm.

Question 60

Where did Cro-Magnons place their fires?

Answer 60

In stone hearths at the mouths of the caves.