1. Early People
Assessment Review
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2. What is the study of where
human beings come from
and how they behave?
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3. What is the study of where
human beings come from
and how they behave?
Anthropology
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4. What are hardened
remains or imprints of
living things that existed
long ago?
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5. What are hardened
remains or imprints of
living things that existed
long ago?
Fossils
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6. Where do scientists
believe that most life
began?
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7. Where do scientists
believe that most life
began?
Africa
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8. What are the three
methods of determining
the age of fossils?
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9. What are the three
methods of determining
the age of fossils?
1. Compare objects in similar rock layers
2. Radioactive Dating
3. DNA comparison
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10. Tools and skills that
people use to meet their
needs and wants is known
as...
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11. Tools and skills that
people use to meet their
needs and wants is known
as...
Technology
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12. The __________ Era lasted
from about 2.5 million to
10,000 years ago.
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13. The __________ Era lasted
from about 2.5 million to
10,000 years ago.
Paleolithic
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14. The Paleolithic era is also
know as the ______ _______
Age.
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15. The Paleolithic era is also
know as the ______ _______
Age.
Old Stone Age
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16. Which piece of technology was
considered by some to be “The first
great step in man’s freedom from
his environment”?
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17. Which piece of technology was
considered by some to be “The first
great step in man’s freedom from
his environment”?
Fire
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18. Define the term “HunterGatherer”
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19. Define the term “HunterGatherer”
Early people groups who lived by hunting
small animals and gathering plants
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20. What are people who move
from place to place with
the seasons?
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21. What are people who move
from place to place with
the seasons?
Nomads
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22. Homo Sapien, Neanderthal, or Both?
Made hunting tools
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23. Homo Sapien, Neanderthal, or Both?
Made hunting tools - both!
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24. Homo Sapien, Neanderthal, or Both?
Appeared about 200,000 years ago
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25. Homo Sapien, Neanderthal, or Both?
Appeared about 200,000 years ago Neanderthal
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26. Homo Sapien, Neanderthal, or Both?
Made no art or music
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27. Homo Sapien, Neanderthal, or Both?
Made no art or music - neanderthal
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28. Homo Sapien, Neanderthal, or Both?
Had complex language skills
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29. Homo Sapien, Neanderthal, or Both?
Had complex language skills - homo Sapiens
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30. Homo Sapien, Neanderthal, or Both?
Had taller, slimmer bodies
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31. Homo Sapien, Neanderthal, or Both?
Had taller, slimmer bodies - Homo Sapiens
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32. Homo Sapien, Neanderthal, or Both?
Buried their dead
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33. Homo Sapien, Neanderthal, or Both?
Buried their dead - Both
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34. What occurs when people leave their
homeland to live somewhere else?
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35. What occurs when people leave their
homeland to live somewhere else?
Migration
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36. What are the two theories of
migration?
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37. What are two theories of migration
proposed in the textbook?
Homo Sapiens originated from Africa and
migrated to other parts of the world over
time.
Groups of early humans developed
separately in different parts of the world.
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38. As hunter-gatherers formed larger groups,
they organized into clans of about _____ to
_____ people.
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39. As hunter-gatherers formed larger groups,
they organized into clans of about _____ to
_____ people.
25 to 50 people
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40. “One of the most important signs of
a complex culture is the existence
of __________.
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41. “One of the most important signs of
a complex culture is the existence
of __________.
Artwork
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42. In 1940, four boys discovered cave
paintings of horses, bison, bulls,
and other prehistoric animals. In
what country was this discovery
made?
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43. In 1940, four boys discovered cave
paintings of horses, bison, bulls,
and other prehistoric animals. In
what country was this discovery
made?
France (Lascaux in the southern France, to
be specific!)
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44. On your own piece of
paper:
Draw the process of creating a fossil
Draw a Venn Diagram comparing
Neanderthals and Homo Sapiens
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