UNIT 6 STUDY GUIDE Studied With: ______

UNIT 6 STUDY GUIDE Studied with: ______Part 1: Write TWO facts about each type of hominid and draw a picture of each: 1. Australopithecus 2. Homo Sapien Sapien 3. Homo Erectus 4. Homo Habilis 5. Homo Sapiens 6. Neanderthal Part 2: Answer the following questions:

A.1. Which social scientist would be most interested in the excavation of the ruins of an ancient village? ______

A.2. Another name for the Neolithic Revolution is the______.

A.3. Nomads are people who? ______

A.4. Early peoples moved frequently as they searched for food. These early people are called ______

A.5. Homo sapiens means ______

A.6. Early people were nomads because they ______

A.7. The Neolithic Revolution refers to a time when early humans ______A.8. What is the work of an anthropologist? ______

A.9. Why did early humans move northward out of Africa? ______

A.10. Why is the life of early humans difficult to understand? ______

A.11. How were early humans able to migrate from Asia to the Americas? ______

A.12. In the Paleolithic Era, who was known as the “hunter”? ______

A.13. The period of time in which no written records were kept is called ______

A.14. An ancestor of humans that developed in Africa are called ______

A.15. Which group caused the extinction of the Neanderthals? ______

A.16. What was the name of the Australopithecus found in 1974? ______Part 3: Draw a timeline using these three periods: Paleolithic, Neolithic, and Mesolithic. Place them in order from oldest to most recent. Write two facts under each era and draw a picture to represent the era.

Part 4: Fill in the chart. Give examples that describe the distinct difference between the Paleolithic vs. Neolithic Eras Paleolithic Neolithic 1. 1. 2. 2. 3. 3. 4. 4. 5. 5.