The First People - World Geo

Question 1

An early ancestor of humans is

Answer 1

Hominid

Question 2

All Hominids first appeared on the continent of

Answer 2

Africa

Question 3

There are 4 major groups of hominids

Answer 3

1. Australopithecus
2. Homo habilis
3. Homo erectus
4. Homo sapiens

Question 4

Appeared 4-5 million years ago and walked on 2 legs

Answer 4

Australopithicus

Question 5

Appeared 2.9 million years ago and were the first to use stone tools

Answer 5

Homo habilis

Question 6

Appeared 2 - 1.5 million years ago and were the first to use more complex stone tools and control fire. Migrated from Africa to Asia and Europe

Answer 6

Homo erectus

Question 7

Appeared 200,000 years ago and learned to CREATE fire, used lots of tools, and developed language. They migrated around the world.

Answer 7

Homo sapiens

Question 8

The Stone Age was broken into 3 periods based on . . .

Answer 8

The kind of tools used at the time

Question 9

First stone tools were used to . . .

Answer 9

process food

Question 10

Eventually they made better tools such as spears that helped people with . . .

Answer 10

hunting

Question 11

The Middle Stone Age was called the . . .

Answer 11

Mesolithic Era

Question 12

The Old Stone Age was called . . .

Answer 12

Paleolithic Era

Question 13

3 possile reasons they develped language . . .

Answer 13

1. Hunting is groups was easier
2. Form relationships
3. Resolve issues