Helen's+Early+Humans

= __Assignment 1__ = Using your notes and page 4 from your online textbook, answer the following questions on your wiki page. 1. Were you born in a BCE year or an CE year? - I was born on CE year. 2. Put the following dates in order: AD 2000, 3100 BC, 15 BCE, AD 476, AD 3, CE 1215 - The order of these dates: 3100 BC, 15 BCE, AD 3, AD 476, CE 1215, AD 2000. 3. If you read that an event happened c. AD 1000, what would that mean? - That means that the event would have happened about 1000 AD.

=**__Assignment 2__**= Just like the questions you were asked in class, please create five questions about the timeline we used in class. 1. Was Columbus born in CE year or BCE year? - He was born in CE year. 2. When was the color TV invented? - It was invented on 1850. 3. How many events did it happen on 1800s? - 3 events happened on 1800s. 4. When was the last ice age? - 18, 000 B.C.E 5. About how man centuries passed between the invention of paper in China and when Colombus reached the Americas? - About 14 centuries had passed betweeen the invention of paper in China and when Colombus reached the Americas.

=**__Assignment 3__**= **Human Origins-The Puppet Play Project** **Response** Note you will have 3 class periods to prepare your plays. See __Resources-1__ Answer the following questions on your wiki page. 1. What were your roles in the 'Creation of a Puppet Show' project? - My role was script manager. 2. What Problems did your group run into? - The problems that my group ran into were when we couldn't make our story go smooth in the play and we made some pronounciation mistakes. 3. How did your group deal with these problems? - Our group dealt with these problems by telling the people who's next to you quietly telling what she did wrong so she could fix it next time. 4. Identify two similarities between all of the origin stories. - 5. Compare and Contrast any of the two origin stories presented in class (at least one paragraph). -

=**__Assignment 4__**= Please read pages 29 & 30 from your online textbook and answer these questions **clearly** __and in__ **complete sentences** __on your wiki page__.

1. On which continent were Lucy and other hominids found? - Lucy and the other homids were found in Africa, Hadar. 2. What is the scientific name of Lucy? - The scientific name of Lucy is called Australopithecus. 3. How long ago did Lucy live? - Lucy lived about 3 million years ago. 4. What was an important step in human development? - The most important step in human development was Austalopithecus stood on two legs. 5. Describe and explain how these hominids are different from each other. Use the charts about the hominids on page 30 to help you with the answer. Make sure your answer is **clear and detailed.** 6. Which hominid are you? - I am a homo sapien species of hominids. = =
 * Australopithecus: Australopithecus lived in Africa about 4- 5 million years ago, and it stood on two feet. Australopithecus had a brain size about one- third of our brain. The name means southern ape and they walked with two legs.
 * Homo habilis: Homo habilis used stone tools for chopping and scraping about 2.4 million years ago, and the brain was half the size of a regular human brain. The name means handy man.
 * Homo erectus: Homo erectus knew how to control fire and used an ax. They lived 2-1.5 million years ago, and they migrated out of Africa to live in Europe and Africa. The name means upright man.
 * Homo sapiens: Homo sapiens existed in Africa about 200,000 years ago and developed language. They also knew how to make fire and use many tools, and they migrated all over the world. The name means wise man.

__**Assignment 5**__ Read pages 32-34 from your online textbook and answer these questions **clearly** __and in__ **complete sentences** __on your wiki page__. 1. Why do historians need archaeologists and anthropologists to study **prehistory?** **-** The historians need archaeologists and anthropologists to study prehistory because needed artifacts and skeletons to study history. 2. What might have been one advantage of walking completely upright? - The one advantage of walking completely upright might be seeing things and when they le arn how to use their hands. Animals who don't stand up on two legs use all four of their arms and legs as mostly legs so if you can use two of the legs as arms and hands it will be easier to get fruits or pick things up. 3. What kind of **tools** did people use during the **Paleolithic Era**? - The tools people used during Paleolithic Era is stone chopper. In Paleolithic Era, they used stone for tools. 4. Design a stone and wood tool you could use to help you with your chores. Describe your tool in a sentence or two. - The stone and wood tool I could use to help with my chores are 5. What is a **hunter-gatherer**? - A hunter-gatherer is a person who hunt animals and gather wild plants, seeds, fruits, and nuts to survive.   6. In your opinion, what was the most important change brought by the development of language? In my opinion, the most important change brought by development of language is communicating to each other. If we can't communicate, it will be hard to express what you mean. Since, we have words and grammar rules now, people can understand what we mean. 7. Define the boldfaced words above. Prehistory: history before there were any records of Paleolithic Era: The first of the Stone Age Hunter-gatherer: A hunter-gatherer is a person who hunt animals and gather wild plants, seeds, fruits, and nuts to survive

=__Assignment 6__= Use your online textbook (p. 40 & p. 41) to answer these questions **clearly** and **completely**. Please put your answers on your wiki page. 1. Read the paragraph in the //Beginnings of Agriculture// section on p.40 and answer the question (How could this discovery change your life?). - The discovery change that could change our life is by having good food resources by planting with seeds. Read //The First Farmers// and //Plants// section on p.41 and answer these questions: 2. What is another name for the New Stone Age? - The another name for the New Stone Age is Neolithic Era. 3. What kinds of tools did people make during this time? What do you think they used these tools for? - People made tools like saws and drills. They used these tools to gather food and cut woods or more. 4. In the textbook it says that people during the Neolithic period could now **make** fire. Which hominid would this be? - Homo Erectus 5. When we changed from gathering food to growing food, historians called it the Neolithic Revolution. Why do you think it's called a revolution? - I think it's called revolution because revolution means a sudden, complete or marked change in something' and I think learning to grow food was a huge change for the people. 6. What is the definition for the word 'domestication'? - domestication means the process of changing plants or animals to make them more useful to humans 7. Using the map on p.41, which animals were domesticated in Asia? - Using the map on p. 41, the animals that are domesticated in Asia were horse, cattle, sheep and goat. 8. Using the map on p.41, where was corn first domesticated? - Using the map on p.41, the corn was first domesticated in North America. 9. If you were a farmer, how would your life be different than a hunter and gatherer. Give three ways your life would be different. - If you were a farmer, My life would be different than a hunter and gatherer. 1) I wouldn't have to hunt and gather food every time there are not enough supplies. 2) I will have plenty of food left for me for trading. 3) I would domesticate things.

= = =**__Assignment 7__**= Write 3 good test questions covering any of the topics we have studied so far.

Answer these questions **clearly** and **completely** on your wiki page.

1. What was the main difference between life in the Paleolithic period and life in the Neolithic period? - The main difference between life in the Paleolithic period and life in the Neolithic period is people farmed and domesticated animals instead of hunting and gathering. 2. How did people's lives change as they began to domesticate plants and animals during the Neolithic period? - The people's lives changed as they began to domesticate plants and animals during the Neolithic period by people growing the crops that were better and not plant the bad ones. People also started to raise the good and healthy animals. 3. What are some advantages and disadvantages of the changes in daily life that occurred as a result of the development of agriculture? - The some advantages and disadvantages of the changes in daily life that occurred as a result of the development of agriculture.

=**Quiz F - Helen's Study Guide **=

=__Assignment 8__= = = =** Use these two videos about Catal Huyuk to answer these questions **clearly **and** completely **on your wiki page.** 1. What are three things about daily life in Catal Huyuk that surprised you? Why did they surprise you? - The first thing about daily life in Catal Huyuk that surprised me is when the parents worried about who they marry. I first thought that in the Neolithic period, they don't really care who they marry rather it is rich. In this video, I learned that in the Neolithic period, they also cared about who their daughters or son marry. The second thing that 2. What are three things about daily life in Catal Huyuk you knew already from class? - The three things about daily life in Catal Huyuk I knew already from class would be they would eventually start domesticating animals and plants. Also, I knew from class that people developed their own language and started to build fire. Also, since people didn't have to worry about survival anymore, they started to develop special skills like pottery or painting. 3. Jookie is a 12 year old living in Catal Huyuk. Explain three ways her life is different than yours. (Note: Simply saying you have cell phones and she doesn't is an unacceptable answer.) - Jookie is a 12 year old living in Catal Huyuk. The three ways her life is different then mine is that I am 12 years old and I am living in the 21st century but Jookie is living is a 12 year old who is living in Catal Huyuk. You can also say that she is living in the Stone Age. Second, my daily life would be very different than Jookie. I would ride car, bus, airplane, etc. to transport but Jookie wouldn't never ride something to transport. Third, Jookie has a father who hunts and gathers, but my father is working as a CEO in a company. These are the different ways my life and Jookie's life would be different.
 * Catal Huyuk video 1
 * <span class="wiki_link_new">Catal Huyuk video 2

= ** __Assignment 9__ ** = Now that we are finished with the Early Humans unit, I would like you to reflect on what you have learned about Early Humans. Please complete these sentences clearly and with specific details. Write the answers on your wiki page.

1. The single most important thing I learned was... -The single most important thing I learned was <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">that living things like Homo Habilis, Australopithecus, and Homo Erectus really existed. 2. Something that confused me or that I didn't understand was... - Something that confused me or that I didn't understand was how the Era's and the different species were connected. 3. What surprised me the most was... -What surprised me the most was that they knew how to do brain surgery in Neolithic Era.

4. I would like to know more about... - I would like to know more about how all the species died out except for Humo Sapiens.

5. The part that I think I will always remember was... - The part that I think I will always remember was when we learned that people started domesticating plants and animal starting from the end of Mesolithic and to the Neolithic Era and another part that I think I will always remember will be by knowing how to do brain surgery.