6th - SS Chapter 1 Study Guide

Question 0

Where do many scientists believe that human life began?

Answer 0

Africa

Question 1

Items found closer to the surface in an archaeological dig are probably older or newer?

Answer 1

Newer

Question 2

Which group represents modern humans?

Answer 2

Homo sapiens

Question 3

The earliest tools were made of what material?

Answer 3

Stone

Question 4

Why was Brunet’s discovery so important?

Answer 4

He found a skull in Chad (in central Africa) that was 7 million years old. It was much older than other fossils discovered so far; so is humankind older than once thought. It was also more ape like in appearance.

Question 5

Where did Leakey’s find their discovery?

Answer 5

In East Africa

Question 6

What advantage had homo sapiens over Neanderthals?

Answer 6

A complex language

Question 7

What technology had a major effect on early human development?

Answer 7

The development of tools

Question 8

Homo sapiens means?

Answer 8

Wise people

Question 9

What is animism?

Answer 9

The belief that the natural world was filled with spirits.

Question 10

What was an important sign that early humans developed a complex culture?

Answer 10

Is the existence of artwork such as painting and statues

Question 11

Why are the cave painting at Lascaux important?

Answer 11

The paintings found dated back to about 16,000 to the time of the last Ice Age. The paintings included animals, human figures and abstract designs. They show the people were capable of complex thoughts and actions.

Question 12

Archaeologists come from what field of study?

Answer 12

Anthropology

Question 13

Did early man have to adapt to environments as they traveled?

Answer 13

Yes, with each new place they had to find out which plants could be eaten, learn to hunt different animals, and find new materials for tools and shelter.

Question 14

What type of art did Homo sapiens create?

Answer 14

Paintings and statues

Question 15

Who appeared at the end of the Paleolithic Era?

Answer 15

Two larger-brained groups Neanderthals and Homo sapiens

Question 16

The era in which tools were first developed was called?

Answer 16

Paleolithic Era or Old Stone Age

Question 17

Early examples of burial practices are evidence of?

Answer 17

Another sign of a more complex culture developing

Question 18

Ways in which Homo sapiens and Neanderthals different?

Answer 18

Homo sapiens:

1. Had taller, slimmer bodies
2. Complex language skills
3. Made art and music
4. More complex burial practices

Neanderthals:

1. Short, sturdy skeletons
2. Only simple language skills
3. No art and music
4. Simple burial practices