Helen's+Assignments

=**__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

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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 Read //The First Farmers// and //Plants// section on p.41 and answer these questions: 2. What is another name for the New Stone Age? 3. What kinds of tools did people make during this time? What do you think they used these tools for? 4. In the textbook it says that people during the Neolithic period could now **make** fire. Which hominid would this be? 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? 6. What is the definition for the word 'domestication'? 7. Using the map on p.41, which animals were domesticated in Asia? 8. Using the map on p.41, where was corn first domesticated? 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. = Assignment 7 missing =