The World's Early People

Question 1

The period of time before people began to write.

Answer 1

Prehistory

Question 2

The study of things that earlier people left behind.

Answer 2

Archeology

Question 3

A human-made object, especially from long ago; artifacts include art, clothing, pottery, tools, and weapons

Answer 3

Artifact

Question 4

The remains, such as bones of humans, and animals that were once alive.

Answer 4

Fossil

Question 5

A proposed explanation about life

Answer 5

Theory

Question 6

Any member of different species with human like features

Answer 6

Hominid

Question 7

The earliest period of the Stone Age

Answer 7

Paleolithic era

Question 8

To move from one place to another

Answer 8

Migrate

Question 9

The human race

Answer 9

Humankind

Question 10

The proper application of knowledge to develop new tools or ways to make and do things

Answer 10

Technology

Question 11

To change to fit the surroundings

Answer 11

Adapt

Question 12

Surroundings

Answer 12

Environments

Question 13

No longer found on earth

Answer 13

Extinct

Question 14

Members of Homo sapiens who spent many hours a day searching for food

Answer 14

Hunters and gatherers

Question 15

A result in action

Answer 15

Consequence

Question 16

A person with no settled home

Answer 16

Nomad

Question 17

A group of people living and working under a set of rules and traditions

Answer 17

Society

Question 18

The part a person plays in society; responsibility

Answer 18

Role

Question 19

A way of life shared by members of a group

Answer 19

Culture

Question 20

• very early hominid that lived in Africa
• walked upright which left hand free to hold things
• some lived in forests
• some lived in grasslands
• ate different plants
• ate meat which made their brain size increase and body gain strength

Answer 20

Australopithecine

Question 21

• lived in Africa
• ate mostly plants and meat left behind by other animals
• short with long arms
• larger brain with a round skull
• face and jaw smaller than Australopithecine
• first to make/ use tools
• chipped stones to make tools to chop, scrap and other simple tasks

Answer 21

Homo Habilis

Question 22

• appeared in Africa - more advanced tools
• name means upright person - mastered use of fire,cook,
• larger stronger keep animals away, and to
• shorter arms longer legs stay warm
• larger brain - may have developed speech
• flexible hands. - lived in small groups
• first known hominid to migrate from Africa

Answer 22

Homo Erectus

Question 23

• early modern humans
• appeared in tropical Africa
• handle things better with there hands
• made better items from different material
• created jewelry, sculptures, cave paintings, and religious beliefs
• survived by living in groups with family members of about 30
• shelters: caves, mud, and tree branches
• women gathered: graded, nuts and seeds
• men hunted: giant sloths, saber-toothed cats, mammoths, deer, bison, turtles, birds, and reptiles.
• group moved to follow food, lived in different places in different seasons.

Answer 23

Homo Sapiens

Question 24

People lived in deserts, Savannas, rivers, and lakes. Hunters and Gatherers around the world: coast . Creation of bow and arrow made hunting more accurate and safe.

Answer 24

Africa

Question 25

People lived in forests and along the coast . Made better tools for fishing: nets, harpoons, traps, and spears. Made canoes; found new kinds of plants to eat and store food. Food became plentiful; population increased. Lived in shelters of wood and animal skin.

Answer 25

Europe

Question 26

People spent summers in the hills in huts partially in ground and winters in caves near lakes. Made tools out of bamboo and clay pots to store food. In the hills areas, soil was better for wild plants; large supply of grains and nuts. Lived in shelters of wood and animal skin.

Answer 26

Asia and the Pacific

Question 27

People lived in deserts and forests. One early culture was the Clovis people. Made spears using better points on wooden shafts. Hunted large ice age animals and smaller animals. Desert people ate rabbits and plants. People who lived in the forest ate nuts and sap. In Mexico people lived in large camps, then divided into smaller camps when food was hard to find.

Answer 27

North America

Question 28

People migrated to South America from North America. They settled on the coast, Andes mountain range, and the rainforest.

Answer 28

South America

Question 29

In Tanzania. Famous archeological site where Mary and Louis leaky found bones and tools of early hominids.

Answer 29

Olduvai Gorge

Question 30

Small river valley in southern chile. Archaeological dating shows that early humans lived there about 12,500 years ago. Important archaeological site. People lived in wood frame-houses covered with animal skins. Each house had a fireplace for cooking. The people ate plants and hunted small animals.

Answer 30

Monte verde

Question 31

Was one of the world’s first settlements along the Euphrates River. The settlements supported more than 300 people. Formed by hunters and gatherers it was successful because: soil was good for wild plants, and there was a good supply of nuts and grains. Hunters killed migrating animals. Because the food supply was reliable, people stayed.

Answer 31

Abu Hureyra

Question 32

How did prehistoric people adapt to life?:

1. People ate nuts and other food products from the trees, and built shelter from the woods-
2. People learned where to find water, lived in caves, and hunted animals that lived in the __________-
3. People developed methods for fishing, and built boats for fishing and transportation-
4. People hunted herd animals that grazed in the plains and used the bones of animals for food-

Answer 32

1. Forests
2. Deserts
3. Coastal areas
4. Savannas