Early Man

Why did early humans migrate around the world?

• They wanted to travel
• They were tired of the same places
• There were not enough animals to hunt or food to gather
• There was not enough good schools

What is migration?  

• Visiting relatives
• Moving to a different location in search of food
• Farming
• Controlling Animals

Early hominids were first found in

• Asia
• Africa
• Europe
• Antarctica

What is a hominid?

• an insect
• the early ancestor of humans
• a cave man
• a type of tool

Which of these is NOT a hominid group?

• australopithicus
• homo nedelensis
• homo habilis
• homo sapien
• homo erectus

Where were the fossils of the oldest hominids found?

• Australia
• East Africa
• Europe
• The Americas

Modern humans, including all living humans today, are part of which hominid group?

• Australopithecus

• Neanderthal

• homo habilis

• homo sapien

• homo erectus

What does "homo sapien" mean?

• upright man

• tool man

• wise man

• handy man

When did the last ice age end?

• around 1.5 million years ago
• about 60,000 years ago
• around 10,000 years ago
• 65 million years ago

What does the term prehistory mean?

• time period before writing was invented
• an object made by a human
• human knowledge used to create better tools and equipment
• food