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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

    Our species reaches new lands

    PlaceHomo sapiens there byEvidence and notes
    Africaabout 300,000 years agowhere Homo sapiens evolved
    Australia50,000 years agoSmithsonian timeline
    Europe40,000 years agoSmithsonian timeline
    The Americas15,000 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. By how many years ago had Homo sapiens reached Europe, Tala asks?

    • By 15,000 years ago
    • By 40,000 years ago
    • By 50,000 years ago
    • By 40 years ago

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

    • Australia
    • Europe
    • Antarctica
    • The Americas

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

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

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

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

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

    • 10,000 years
    • 90,000 years
    • 10 years
    • 1,000 years

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

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

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

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

  10. 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
    • Leave it: one clue settles it
    • Change it: they are evidence, still debated

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

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