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6th grade How early people lived: hunting, gathering, tools and moving to new lands worksheet

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How early people lived: hunting, gathering, tools and moving to new lands

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  1. Read this first

    Clues archaeologists found

    ClueWhereAbout how oldWhat it shows
    stone carried up to 12 km to one spotKanjera, Kenyaabout 2 million yearsearly humans carried stone to a favored spot to make tools
    fire-scorched flint beside burned seeds and woodGesher Benot Ya'aqov, Israelat least 790,000 yearsearly humans made and controlled fire at hearths
    the oldest fossils of our species, Homo sapiensAfricaabout 300,000 yearsour species evolved in Africa
    more than 1,000 drawings on cave walls, many of animalsChauvet Cave, France30,000 to 32,000 yearspeople made art

    Below the chart: these are the oldest clues found so far; older ones may still be found.

  2. Where were the fire-scorched flint and burned seeds found, Milo asks?

    • White Sands, New Mexico
    • Gesher Benot Ya'aqov, Israel
    • Chauvet Cave, France
    • Kanjera, Kenya

  3. What do the oldest Homo sapiens fossils show, Pia asks?

    • Our species evolved in Africa
    • People made art on walls
    • People controlled fire
    • Our species began in France

  4. About how many years passed between the hearths and the oldest Homo sapiens fossils, Ren asks?

    • About 1,090,000 years
    • About 490,000 years
    • About 790,000 years
    • About 490 years

  5. About how many years passed between the stone carried at Kanjera and the hearths, Tala asks?

    • About 2.8 million years
    • About 1.2 million years
    • About 1.2 thousand years
    • About 200,000 years

  6. About how long after the first Homo sapiens fossils were the Chauvet drawings made, Zee asks?

    • About 270,000 years
    • About 270 years
    • About 330,000 years
    • About 27,000 years

  7. Flint at Gesher Benot Ya'aqov was bent out of shape by heat. Which claim fits that clue, Ari asks?

    • Stone tools were not made there
    • Fires burned there long ago
    • People cooked their meals there each day
    • A volcano erupted there yesterday

  8. At Kanjera, stone came from up to 12 km away. Which claim fits that clue, Bo asks?

    • The stone rolled there by itself
    • Early humans brought stone from far away
    • Early humans built roads to Kanjera
    • Kanjera was the one place in Africa with stone

  9. Chauvet Cave holds more than 1,000 drawings, many of animals. Which claim fits, Esme asks?

    • People there wrote with an alphabet
    • No people ever went into the cave
    • The drawings are 300,000 years old
    • People there made art

  10. Kira's friend says nobody made art before Chauvet. What is the best reply?

    • Agree: the chart says so
    • Disagree: Chauvet is 790,000 years old
    • Agree: Chauvet is the first art ever
    • Not proven: older art may be found

  11. Luz's friend says Homo sapiens has always lived in Europe. What is the best reply?

    • Disagree: our species evolved in Israel
    • Agree: fossils are found in Europe
    • Agree: Chauvet is in France
    • Disagree: our species evolved in Africa
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How early people lived: tools, fire, art and moving to new lands. Every version has 10 questions, and the answer key prints on the second page.

What your child will learn

  • I can read a chart of Stone Age toolkits and say what each had and when it was made, reading years ago correctly.
  • I can say what a clue (carried stone, burned flint, fossils, cave drawings) shows, and keep a claim as careful as the clue: oldest found so far is not the first.
  • I can read when our species reached Australia, Europe and the Americas, work out the gaps, and explain why the Americas date is still debated.

Standard: D2.Geo.8.6-8 (partial)

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