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

Grade 6 Social Studies Worksheet

Circle the best answer.

1. Read this first

   Clues archaeologists found

   Clue	Where	About how old	What it shows
   stone carried up to 12 km to one spot	Kanjera, Kenya	about 2 million years	early humans carried stone to a favored spot to make tools
   fire-scorched flint beside burned seeds and wood	Gesher Benot Ya'aqov, Israel	at least 790,000 years	early humans made and controlled fire at hearths
   the oldest fossils of our species, Homo sapiens	Africa	about 300,000 years	our species evolved in Africa
   more than 1,000 drawings on cave walls, many of animals	Chauvet Cave, France	30,000 to 32,000 years	people made art

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

2. 1.

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

   • Chauvet Cave, France
   • White Sands, New Mexico
   • Gesher Benot Ya'aqov, Israel
   • Kanjera, Kenya
3. 2.

   About how old are the Chauvet Cave drawings, Noah asks?

   • 30 to 32 years
   • 30,000 to 32,000 years
   • About 300,000 years
   • At least 790,000 years
4. 3.

   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 490 years
   • About 790,000 years
5. 4.

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

   • About 1.2 thousand years
   • About 200,000 years
   • About 2.8 million years
   • About 1.2 million years
6. 5.

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

   • About 270,000 years
   • About 27,000 years
   • About 330,000 years
   • About 270 years
7. 6.

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

   • Kanjera was the one place in Africa with stone
   • Early humans built roads to Kanjera
   • Early humans brought stone from far away
   • The stone rolled there by itself
8. 7.

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

   • People there made art
   • The drawings are 300,000 years old
   • People there wrote with an alphabet
   • No people ever went into the cave
9. 8.

   Which sentence about the hearths is the most careful, Jun asks?

   • These were the first fires on Earth
   • People made hearths 30 years ago
   • These are the oldest hearths found so far
   • No one used fire before then
10. 9.

    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
    • Not proven: older art may be found
    • Agree: Chauvet is the first art ever
11. 10.

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

    • Agree: fossils are found in Europe
    • Disagree: our species evolved in Africa
    • Agree: Chauvet is in France
    • Disagree: our species evolved in Israel