History Subject Questions
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- List the five early humans in chronological order
- Answer:
- Australopithecus
- Homo Habilis
- Homo Erectus
- Neanderthal
- Cro-Magnon
- Which early human was the first to practice religion?
- Answer: Cro- Magnon
- Who began using fire first?
- Answer: Homo Habilis began using fire first only from fires that were started from natural disasters. Fire was used for protection, to keep warm, and to cook food.
- Who learned how to make and control fire?
- Answer: Homo Erectus
- Name 3 reasons why fire was a useful tool to both early humans and ourselves.
- Answer: Protection, keep warm, to cook
- Who were the first early humans to create and use tools?
- Answer: Homo Habilis
- Why didn՚t Neandertal take care of the elderly as many of us do today?
- Answer: The elderly did not have a good chance of survival; many did not live to see their 40th b-day
- “Lucy” is the fossilized remains of what early human?
- Answer: Australopithecus
- What early human was nick-named handy man?
- Answer: Homo Habilis
- What nickname did we give Australopithecus?
- Answer: “Southern Ape”
- Which early human was the first to ceremonially bury their dead?
- Answer: Cro- Magnon
- What early human first used language?
- Answer: Neandertal
- Which early human made beautiful carvings from bone?
- Answer: Cro- Magnon
- Which early human lived entirely during the ice age?
- Answer: Neandertals
- What continent was the first early human discovered on?
- Answer: Africa
- What is the name of the oldest Australopithecine skeleton?
- Answer: Lucy
- What type of shelter did Cro-Magnon live in?
- Answer: caves and huts
- Why was Neanderthal՚s body size crucial to their survival?
- Answer: Short, heavy bodies due to cold- less surface area to keep warm; their bones were bigger due to constant exercise
- List two tools the first early human used:
- Answer: (Australopithecus)
- Hands
- Sticks⟋rocks
- List two different tools the second early human used including the use and material
- Answer: (Homo Habilis)
- hand axes⟋ stone, bone⟋ cutting, chopping
- stone flakes⟋ stone⟋ cutting meat or wood; scraping off hide
- List two different tools the third early human used including the use and material
- Answer: (Homo Erectus)
- fire- keep warm (able to live in any climate)
- sharpened flakes⟋ rock, stone⟋ cutting meat or wood; scraping off hide
- List two different tools the fourth early human used including the use and material
- Answer: (Neandertal)
- sharp flint⟋ sliced through animal skin
- hand axes⟋stone, wood⟋ crush bones and cut wood
- triangular points⟋ used like knives spears- hunting
- List five different tools the last early human used including the use and material
- harpoons- kill fish when meat was not plentiful
- needles⟋ bone⟋ make clothes
- flint
- pierced seashells
- antlers
- What was “Lucy” named after?
- Answer: Beatles song “Lucy in the sky with diamonds”
- Which early human was anatomically identical to us, Homo sapien sapien?
- Answer: Cro- Magnon
- Where did the Australopithecus live?
- Answer: Eastern Africa
- Which early human lived 35,000 – 10,000 years ago?
- Answer: Cro- Magnon
- How tall were the Australopithecus?
- Answer: 3 - 4 ft tall
- Which early human made cave paintings?
- Answer: Neandertal
- What was the Australopithecus diet?
- Answer: vegetarians
- Name 5 traditions and discoveries that Cro Magnon made that Modern Humans still use today.
- Answer:
- Make musical instruments
- Make woven clothing
- Buried their dead the way we do
- Paint, engrave, sculpt, make shell jewelry
- What was the Australopithecine՚s shelter?
- Answer: Rock overhangs, trees, tall grass
- Why didn՚t the first or second early human live in caves?
- Answer: Dangerous animals lived in the caves and they did not have the tools to kill them
- Which early human had huts, constructed of rocks, clay, bones, branches, and animal hide⟋fur?
- Answer: Cro-magnon
- Which early human stole caves from Neanderthal?
- Answer: Cro- magnon
- What four ways did the Homo habilis communicate?
- Answer: Body language, touch, grunt, facial expressions
- How did the Homo habilis get a fire going and keep it contained?
- Answer: Used fire caused from natural disasters
- What does Homo habilis mean?
- Answer: “Handy Man”
- Which 3 early humans lived during some or most of the ice age?
- Answer: Homo Erectus, Neandertal, Cro-Magnon
- Who were the only early humans to make and wear jewelry?
- Answer: Cro- magnon
- What stone did the Homo erectus use to make fire?
- Answer: Flint
- What was the first Early Human to cook their food?
- Answer: Homo Erectus
- Was the Homo erectus carnivores, omnivores, or herbivores?
- Answer: omnivores
- Who was the first to migrate out of Africa?
- Answer: Homo Erectus
- Which early human killed off the Neanderthal?
- Answer: Cro- magnon
- Did the Homo erectus have the ability to live in caves? Why or why not?
- Answer: Yes, since they had tools used to kill the animals living in them
- Which early human created the first calendar?
- Answer: Cro-magnon
- What did the Homo erectus use fire for?
- Answer: Cooking, protection, keeping warm
- What is Homo Erectus mean?
- Answer: “Upright man”
- What type of shelter did the Neandertals live in?
- Answer: caves
- What was the Cro-Magnon՚s main shelter? What other type of shelter did they use?
- Answer: Main shelter- caves; other shelter- huts
- What made the Neandertals different from other early humans?
- Answer: First to use language; lived throughout the ice-age
- What did the Neandertals need to survive at night?
- Answer: Fire, clothing, caves
- 4⟋5 Neandertals didn՚t see what?
- Answer: Their 40th birthday
- What type of human are you?
- Answer: Homo Sapiens Sapiens
- Which early human didn՚t make tools?
- Answer: Australopithecus
- Which early human was the smartest? How do you know?
- Answer: Cro- Magnon; they started many of the traditions we still use today
- Where did the Cro-Magnon live?
- Answer: in caves or huts in France; bones found all over Europe
- Which early human was the first to wear clothes? Why?
- Answer: Neandertal՚s because it was cold
- Which early human knew how to make woven clothing?
- Answer: Cro- Magnon
- Which early human was the first migrate out of the original continent? Which continents did they migrate to?
- Answer: Homo Erectus migrated to Asia and Europe
- Why was Neanderthal՚s nose so big?
- Answer: The large nose created a lot of mucous which kept the nose from freezing
- Name at least 10 Cro-Magnon firsts.
- Answer:
- Wore woven clothing
- Listened to music
- Made musical instruments
- Decorated their bodies with jewelry
- Carved and sculpted with bone
- Made colored paintings
- Made musical instruments
- Made clay figurines
- Made shell jewelry
- Decorated tools, beads, ivory carvings
- Describe how the shelter changed from the first early human to the last.Include what the shelters were like and why they changed.
- Answer: Shelter began with Australopithecus using trees and tall grass. Then over time early humans became more intelligent and were able to use caves like Homo Erectus, Neanderthal, and Cro-magnon who could make fire, and had better tools.