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World History – Mrs. Schenck
Section 3: Populating the Earth (pages 68 to 75)
Read each smaller sub section ENTIRELY once. Do not skip pictures, charts, etc.!
Then go back and answer the questions for that section.
Human Migration
1.
What two theories do scientists have about early migration?
A. “out of Africa” theory: humans originated in Africa and migrated around the
world replacing other human groups
B. large brained humans developed separately in many different parts of the
world and mixed with regional populations to become Homo sapiens
2.
What kids of evidence do scientists use to study early migration?
Fossils, genetic studies
Adapting to Varied Environments
3.
How did the environment in which people lived change during the last Ice Age?
Thick sheets of ice, called glaciers, spread across large regions of Earth. With so
much of Earth’s water frozen in glaciers, rainfall decreased, deserts formed,
climates were colder, and sea levels dropped and exposed land bridges. The
land bridges allowed many animals and the people that hunted them to migrate
to new places.
4.
How did forming larger communities help people survive?
In larger groups, hunters could work together to kill animals and better defend
their communities from attacks.
5.
What linked families who were members of the same clan?
Clans were groups of families with a common ancestor.
Developing Complex Cultures: The Evidence of Art
6.
What subjects did Stone Age people show in their art?
Horses, bison, bulls, other prehistoric animals. Human figures, abstract designs.
7.
What skills and tools would be needed to make cave paintings? What does this
suggest about the people who created them?
Early humans would have needed the ability to make tools and experience with
the environment to know which minerals and plants to grind into
pigments/paints. This suggests the people who created them were able to
make tools and had imaginations that inspired them to decorate the cave walls.
The paintings probably show us what was important to early people and how
culture became more complex over time.
Developing Complex Cultures: Religious Beliefs and Practices
8.
What religious beliefs did Stone Age people develop?
Cave paintings, statues, and burial sites suggest how early humans reacted to
mysterious forces in their lives. Evidence suggests people believed that the
natural world was filled with spirits, a belief known as animism. There were
spirits in animals, trees, rocks, weather, etc.
9.
How do you think farming might have changed human life?
10,000 years ago humans developed farming. This would allow people to settle
down into cities and civilizations. It would also free time from gathering food
for new activities and jobs.
10. So…. What makes us “human”? Ardi and our other human ancestors were
bipedal and shared our DNA, but is that all that makes us human? What do you
think is the most “human” advancement the first Homo sapiens made?
(Consider things like art, language, religion, etc. – items that led to a more
complex culture…..)