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Survival
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Early Settlements
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Final Jeopardy

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What does Australopithecus mean?
“Southern ape”

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What does Homo habilis mean?
“Handy man”

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What does Homo erectus mean?
“Upright man”

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What does Homo sapiens mean?
“Wise man”

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What was the nickname of the iceman discovered in the Alps of Italy?
“Otzi”

7. 2 - $100 Why did early man begin making clothes and build shelters?
Because it better helped them survive in cold climates.

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How did early humans get their food?
Hunting and gathering

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What is the term that means ”to move”?
Migrate

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

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

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A relative who lived in the past is called what?
An ancestor

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The time before there was writing is called what?
Prehistory

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

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

16. 3 - $500 What do historians NOT HAVE to study prehistory?
Written records

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

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Which continent did early humans first live?
Africa

19. 4 - $300 What is the last continent that early humans reached?
South America

20. 4 - $400 What is the name of the site of famous megaliths in Scotland?
Stonehenge

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What is the name of the ancient settlement discovered in modern day Turkey?
Catal Huyuk

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

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What is another word for farming?
Agriculture

24. 5 - $300 The bones from this creature was used to build early homes.
Mammoths

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What allowed early humans to settle in one place?
Farming

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Huge stone monuments used for religious ceremonies were called what?
Megaliths

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