Early Humans Final Exam

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Early HumansFinal Exam

• Do your best and remember to answer every
  question using complete sentences.

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Australopithecus

• Why is the discovery of Lucy so important to the
  scientists?
• When and where was Lucys species found?
• Why did the Australopithecus not have art and
  religion? How do you think this affected their
  species?

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Answers

• The discovery of Lucy is so important because her
  bones were the first human-like ancestor of man
  to be found.
• The bones of Lucy were found in Ethiopia, Africa
  in 1974. This is where her species is thought to
  have lived.
• Australopithecus did not have art or religion
  because they were too busy surviving in the harsh
  wilderness. This affected their species because
  their culture was focused only on survival.

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Homo Habilis

• What did Homo Habilis use fire for and how did
  they get it?
• What does Homo Habilis mean and why do you think
  they were given this name?
• Did Homo Habilis use caves for shelter? Why or
  why not?

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Answers

• Homo Habilis used fire for light, for warmth, and
  to scare away animals. They could only control
  fire when they found it from a lightning strike.
• Homo Habilis is Latin for handy man. They were
  given this name because they were the first tool
  makers.
• Homo Habilis did not use caves for shelter
  because other creatures could be living in these
  caves. Homo Habilis did not have good enough
  tools to fight such predators.

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Homo Erectus

• From what did Homo Erectus make their tools?
• What did the women gather?
• What game did men hunt?

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Answers

• Homo Erectus mainly made their tools out of
  animal bones.
• The women gathered grapes, nuts, and berries.
• Men hunted pigs, deer, and other animals.

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Neanderthals

• What materials were used by the Neanderthals to
  make paint?
• Why did Neanderthals kill mammoths?
• What form did the religion of the Neanderthals
  take and why do you think that they formed their
  religious beliefs?

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Answers

• Neanderthals used chalk for white paint, iron
  oxide for red paint, and charcoal for black
  paint.
• They killed mammoths because they used the meat
  for food, the skins for clothing, and the bones
  and skin for shelter.
• There religion consisted of funeral feasts and
  burial ceremonies. The Neanderthals formed their
  religion because they wanted to explain what
  happened to people after they died. They began
  to believe in an afterlife, and that is why
  they created their ceremonies.

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Cro-Magnon

• How were the Cro-Magnons able to hunt
  successfully?
• How did the Cro-Magnons use fire?
• How did the Cro-Magnons guard themselves and
  their belongings from other predators?

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Answers

• Cro-Magnons were able to hunt successfully
  because of their precise tools and because they
  practiced their skills on trees or on brush.
• Cro-Magnons used fire for heat, for light, to
  cook their food, to scare away predators, and to
  help them hunt.
• Cro-Magnons kept their belongings safe by either
  burying them underground in front of their
  shelters or by putting them in their tents or
  huts.

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Modern Humans

• What was the Homo Sapiens's clothing made of?
  What type of change at that time caused their
  clothes to be different than the clothing of
  earlier humans?
• How were Homo Sapiens's homes different from
  humans before them? Why?
• List at least three types of changes Homo Sapiens
  made to make them a more developed and
  satisfactory species than other early humans?

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Answers

• Clothing was made out of (sometimes dyed)
  leather, animal hide, cloth, leaves, grass and
  other types of natural material. Sometimes, they
  were sewn together with animal guts or string.
  The weather had changed to a warmer, hotter
  climate in Eastern Africa, so they had developed
  to also make cooler and lighter clothes for the
  summer.
• A Homo Sapiens's home wasn't moved around so much
  as the earlier humans before them did. This was
  because these Homo sapiens learned not to follow
  the animals that much, but to rather have the
  animals come to them, and they started to build
  permanent houses. However, in the winter season,
  they would pack and follow the animals. In the
  summer season, they would return to their
  permanent homes again. To conclude, they mainly
  had two chief houses.
• Homo sapiens improved by a lot than other early
  humans because they had bigger brains and were
  more developed physically. They could also make
  sophisticated tools and even used scaffolds to
  paint! Another thing is that these Homo sapiens
  knew how to build fires. Moreover, they knew how
  to use the fire to cook raw meat into edible
  meat. These are just some of the many things that
  made these modern humans smarter.

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The Best Part

• List the three most important things you learned
  from doing this project and why you think those
  are the most important things.
• How might you use PowerPoint in the future?
• In the classroom, how might Ms. M. use PowerPoint
  to enhance your learning?