Social Studies Test 11.21.08
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- fire and animal skins
- what the Homo Erectus used to adapt to the cold climate
- Paleothic Age
- Old Stone Age
- glaciers
- huge sheets of ice
- wise or intelligent human
- what the latin name of Neanderthal actually means
- sewed clothing and mastered the use of clothing
- what the Homo Sapiens did to adapt to the cold climate
- domesticate plants and animals, first truly modern humans
- what the group Homo Sapiens were the first to do
- walk upright without stooping over, leave africa (nomads) use fire
- what the group Homo Erectus was the first to do
- she walked upright, and she is 25 years old
- what we are able to learn about Lucy studying her leg bones
- stratigraphy
- the dating of an object based on how deep the ground the object is when uncovered
- share information, better able to work together, and pass on knowledge and traditions
- how language is important
- erosion
- process by which the surface of the earth is worn away by the action of water, glaciers, winds, waves, etc.
- land bridges were caused when water levels fell with the build up of ice
- how glaciers made it possible for human settlements to spread in the ice age
- Cro Magnon
- the group that has the clearest sign of advanced culture (cave paintings and art)
- makes work easier (a saw) can produce more goods (printing press) and improves our lifes (surgical equipment)
- 3 ways technology helps us
- wise or intelligent human
- what the latin name of Cro Magnon actually means
- makes our lifes easier, wider range of food sources now available
- 2 reasons why tools are important
- Cro Magnon
- the group thats most similar to us in appearance
- comets
- what wiped out dinosaurs 60 million years before humans appeared
- handy human
- what the latin name of Homo Habilis actually means
- Neanderthal and Cro Magnon
- two groups of homo sapiens
- Neolithic Age
- New Stone Age
- nomad
- a member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place usually according to food supply
- past vs. present, and real vs. imaginary
- how language is different from communication
- walk on two legs, make tools
- what the group Homo Habilis was the first to do
- little intelligence and poor posture
- 2 misconceptions about Neanderthals that are not true
- didnt at all
- how the Homo Habilis adapt to the cold climate
- around 10,000 years ago after the ice age
- when the Homo Sapiens appeared
- her head was the size of a baseball, brain 1/3 of ours
- what we are able to learn about Lucy studying her skull bones
- complex tools
- as our brain size increases, we have the ability to make more of these
- genus
- large group to which the species belongs
- she is a female
- what we are able to learn about Lucy studying her pelvic bone
- upright man
- what the latin name of Homo Erectus actually means
- species
- a class of individuals having some common characteristics or qualities
- produces light, warmth protection and good for cooking
- some uses for fire
- Neanderthal
- what group has the earliest evidence of funeral ceremonies that have bodies carefully placed in a pit with belongings
- false
- true or false: dinosaurs and humans existed at the same time