Topic 1, Lesson 1: The Distant Past

Topic 1, Lesson 1: The Distant Past

Directions: Record any information you consider vital. I will point out certain things you need to copy. Be prepared to respond to prompts and multiple choice questions throughout lesson. Rewards will be given.

1. How do scientists use fossils and artifacts to draw conclusions about early humans?

2. How does archaeological evidence indicate that human life began in Africa?

3. How do people live by the gathering and hunting way of life?

​Lesson Essential Q.

How much does geography shape people's lives?

Unit Essential Q.

Essential Questions

Key Vocabulary - Write and define.

• Anthropology

• Archeaologist

• prehistory

• fossil

• artifact

• hunter-gatherer

• culture

• geologist

Video: Life in an Ancient Settlement

• Discuss the settlement of Çatalhöyük and others in the Neolithic period of SW Asia.

• What type of information was the archeaologist able to uncover by analyzing bones found at the site?

• What does an archaeologist look for when excavating an ancient settlement?

  • What are some examples of artifacts that help us better understand our past?

  • How do archaeologists find good places to dig/explore?

• What is powerful about the field of archaeology?

Multiple Choice

What is a hardened remain or imprint of a living thing that lived long ago?

• bone

• artifact

• fossil

• secondary source

Multiple Choice

Who are scientists who study the physical materials of Earth (such as soil and rocks)

• geologists

• anthropologists

• paleontologists

• biochemists

Multiple Choice

What is an object made by a human being?

• clue

• prehistory

• fossil

• artifact

Multiple Choice

What kind of scientists find and study artifacts to learn more about the past?

• anthropologists

• archaeologists

• geologists

Multiple Choice

What do we call the time period before humans invented writing?

• ancient history

• prewriting

• prehistory

• modern history

Multiple Choice

What do anthropologists study?

• cats

• rocks

• dinosaurs

• humankind

​Interactive Map: Fossils in Africa

• Djurab Desert

  • Location:

  • Find:

  • Significance:

• Bouri

  • Location:

  • Find:

  • Significance:

• Early Humans - Describe how early humans lived.

• What are hunter-gatherers? What invention led to the Old stone age or the Paleolithic Era?

• What did the invention of fire allow for?

• Hadar

  • Location:

  • Find:

  • Significance:

• Ongata Rongai

  • Location:

  • Find:

  • Significance:

• Olduvai Gorge

  • Location:

  • Find:

  • Significance:

Multiple Choice

Which name below is NOT a name of an early human skeleton found by archaeologists?

• Lucy

• Ardi

• Big Brain Boy

• Handy Man

Multiple Choice

What are the most common artifacts found at dig sites?

• coins

• iPhones

• toys

• pottery pieces

Multiple Choice

Where do most scientists believe human life began?

• Asia

• North America

• Africa

• Europe

Multiple Choice

Objects found in deeper soil are usually:

• younger

• older

Multiple Choice

To excavate means to:

• sift

• uncover

• study

• dance

Multiple Choice

Finding these can tell us what people ate.

• ovens

• coins

• teeth

• fingernails

The Lives of Hunter-Gatherers

What can scientists determine from fossils and artifacts?

What is Radioactive dating

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Fossils and Artifacts

Multiple Choice

Study of humankind in all aspects, especially development and culture.

• palentologist

• typography

• archaeology

• anthropology

Multiple Choice

Time before humans invented writing.

• prehistory

• fossil

• geologist

• archeologist

Multiple Choice

Beliefs, customs, practices and behavior of a particular nation or group of people.

• genetics

• history

• geneology

• culture

Multiple Choice

Early hunter-gatherers traveled to follow

• their children

• the most famous person in the group

• the religious leader

• their food

Multiple Choice

Who would usually do the job of the hunter?

• Men

• Women

Multiple Choice

Who would usually do the job of the gatherers?

• Men

• Women

Multiple Choice

What did humans learn how to make to help with tasks

• pottery

• stones

• flint

• tools

Multiple Choice

What is the name of the period when people made tools from stone?

• Stone Age

• Rock Time

• Flinstone Age

• Hunting Ages