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

Grade 6 Social Studies Worksheet - Challenge Me

Circle the best answer.

1. Read this first

   Our species reaches new lands

   Place	Homo sapiens there by	Evidence and notes
   Africa	about 300,000 years ago	where Homo sapiens evolved
   Australia	50,000 years ago	Smithsonian timeline
   Europe	40,000 years ago	Smithsonian timeline
   The Americas	15,000 years ago (Smithsonian timeline)	footprints at White Sands, New Mexico, dated about 23,000 to 21,000 years ago (National Park Service)

   Below the chart: during the Ice Age, a land bridge called Beringia joined Asia and North America. Scientists still debate when people first reached the Americas.

2. 1.

   By how many years ago had Homo sapiens reached Europe, Tala asks?

   • By 40,000 years ago
   • By 50,000 years ago
   • By 15,000 years ago
   • By 40 years ago
3. 2.

   Where did Homo sapiens arrive by 50,000 years ago, Zee asks?

   • The Americas
   • Antarctica
   • Australia
   • Europe
4. 3.

   What joined Asia and North America during the Ice Age, Ari asks?

   • A road paved by early farmers
   • A land bridge called Beringia
   • Footprints at White Sands
   • A bridge built from stone
5. 4.

   Which place did Homo sapiens reach first, Australia or Europe, Bo asks?

   • Australia, by 50,000 years ago
   • Both in the same year
   • Neither one: both are recent
   • Europe, because 40,000 is smaller
6. 5.

   How many years earlier is the Australia date than the Europe date, Esme asks?

   • 90,000 years
   • 10,000 years
   • 10 years
   • 1,000 years
7. 6.

   How many years passed between our species evolving and reaching Europe, by the chart, Jun asks?

   • About 26,000 years
   • About 340,000 years
   • About 260 years
   • About 260,000 years
8. 7.

   Why does the chart give two dates for the Americas, Kira asks?

   • The bigger date is the newer one
   • One date is a typing mistake
   • People reached it twice in a row
   • The sources differ, and scientists still debate
9. 8.

   Which sentence about the first people in the Americas is the most careful, Milo asks?

   • Exactly 15,000 years ago, proven
   • By 15,000 years ago; earlier is debated
   • Exactly 23,000 years ago, proven
   • About 1,500 years ago
10. 9.

    Pia's note says, "The White Sands footprints prove the exact date people arrived." Which fix is right?

    • Change White Sands to Chauvet
    • Change footprints to fossils of Beringia
    • Change it: they are evidence, still debated
    • Leave it: one clue settles it
11. 10.

    Ren's note says, "People walked to the Americas across a bridge they built." Which fix is right?

    • Change Americas to Australia
    • Change walked to flew
    • Change it: Beringia was land, not built
    • Leave it: Beringia was built