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WHI Early Humans
Based off of VaDOE SOLs
Question | Answer |
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Where did humans originate? | Africa (specifically East Africa - Horn of Africa) |
When did early humans originate? | Between 100,000 to 400,000 years ago |
Where did early humans migrate? | Africa to Asia, Europe, Australia, and Americas |
How did early humans get to the Americas? | Bering Strait land bridge |
What did early human survival depend upon? | Availability of plants and animals for food |
What is another name for Old Stone Age? | Paleolithic Age (remember --> old people are pale) |
What is another name for New Stone Age? | Neolithic Age (new -->NEOn signs) |
What are the 6 traits of the Paleolithic age? | Nomadic (moved around following food), Lived in clans, simple tools, oral language (talk before you write), cave art (drawings), make and use fire |
What are the 5 traits of the Neolithic Age? | Domesticated Plants (farming) , Domesticated Animals, use advanced tools, weaving and pottery |
Who studies past cultures by locating and analyzing human remains, settlements, fossils, and artifacts? | Archaeologists |
Who do you determine the age of a once living thing? | Carbon dating |
This is a archaeological site created during the Neolithic period in England | Stonehenge |
This is a Neolithic settlement that is currently under excavation in Anatolia (current day Turkey) | Catalhoyuk |
What two cities are being studied by archaeologists in the Fertile Crescent? | Aleppo and Jericho |