Box Ball Early Humans

Choose a Question from the Choices Below

What is the study of History about?

The study of past events

Which of the Social Studies would be interested in the following picture?

Geography

This specialist would be able to tell us how rocks were formed.

Geologist

What years do we believe the Paleolithic Age began and ended?

2 million B.C.E. – 8000 B.C.E.

How did the use of fire improve life (2 ways)?

Heat for cold weather Cooking food to prevent diseases

True or False. An Archeologist studies ancient human culture/society.

True or False An Archeologist studies ancient human culture/society. True

This specialist uses acid to analyze pollen.

This specialist uses acid to analyze pollen. Botanist

What is the study of human interaction known as?

Sociology

This specialist can learn about different creatures by studying fossilized imprints.

Paleoanthropologist

Name 1 of the types of dating Chemists use to see how old objects are.

Radiocarbon Dating Potassium-Argon Dating

Define the term Economics.

The knowledge about the exchange of goods

Name 2 advantages of being a biped.

Being able to carry things Reach trees more easily Taller for detecting predators

What does “Homo habilis” mean?

Handy Man

List 2 examples of Political Science.

Teachers/Students President Governments Etc.

Of all of the hominids studied in class, which creature had the best sense of community?

Of all of the hominids studied in class, which creature had the best sense of community? Homo sapiens neanderthalensis or Neanderthals

True or False. The strongest tools during the Paleolithic Age was made of bone.

True or False. The strongest tools during the Paleolithic Age was made of bone. False

What type of statement is based on evidence but cannot be fully proven?

Reasoned Judgment

This term is used to describe people with no permanent home. They move from place to place following food.

Nomads

Define the term Agriculture.

Farming and the domestication of animals

When did the Neolithic Age Begin and End?

8000 B.C.E B.C.E.

How many years are between the following? 400 B.C.E. – 350 C.E.

How many years are between the following? 400 B.C.E. – 350 C.E. 750 years

What does the term B.C.E. stand for?

Before the Common Era

What terms were used to measure years before the terms B.C.E. and C.E.?

B.C. and A.D.

Pre-History is…

The time before writing.

Name the century during which the following date occurs? 31 B.C.E.

Name the century during which the following date occurs? 31 B.C.E. (1 st century B.C.E.)