Early Man Jeopardy Final Jeopardy $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $200 $200 Scientific Names Survival Studying the Past Geography Early Settlements $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500 Final Jeopardy

1 - $100 What does Australopithecus mean? “Southern ape”

1 - $200 What does Homo habilis mean? “Handy man”

1 - $300 What does Homo erectus mean? “Upright man”

1 - $400 What does Homo sapiens mean? “Wise man”

1 - $500 What was the nickname of the iceman discovered in the Alps of Italy? “Otzi”

2 - $100 Why did early man begin making clothes and build shelters? Because it better helped them survive in cold climates.

2 - $200 How did early humans get their food? Hunting and gathering

2 - $300 What is the term that means ”to move”? Migrate

2 - $400 What is the term that means “to divide among a group of people”? Distribute

2 - $500 Name the tool invented by Homo erectus that was used to break tree limbs, to dig, and to cut animals hides. The hand axe

3 - $100 A relative who lived in the past is called what? An ancestor

3 - $200 The time before there was writing is called what? Prehistory

3 - $300 When studying the past, historians rely on the work of which two types of scientists? Archaeologists and Anthropologists

3 - $400 What is the name of the woman that discovered the bones of an early hominid in 1959? Mary Leakey

3 - $500 What do historians NOT HAVE to study prehistory? Written records

4 - $100 Tens of thousands of years ago, Native Americans likely came to the Americas by traveling over what? A land bridge

4 - $200 Which continent did early humans first live? Africa

4 - $300 What is the last continent that early humans reached? South America

4 - $400 What is the name of the site of famous megaliths in Scotland? Stonehenge

4 - $500 What is the name of the ancient settlement discovered in modern day Turkey? Catal Huyuk

5 - $100 What is the term that means “the process of changing plants and animals to make them more useful to humans”? Domestication

5 - $200 What is another word for farming? Agriculture

5 - $300 The bones from this creature was used to build early homes. Mammoths

5 - $400 What allowed early humans to settle in one place? Farming

5 - $500 Huge stone monuments used for religious ceremonies were called what? Megaliths

Final Jeopardy Which animal was domesticated in Europe? The horse.