The oldest human fossils are found where?
Africa
True or False:
By 3,000 BC, the majority of land around the world was being used for agriculture
FALSE
What is this called? (Use vocab from class)
Settlement
a) city
b) hunter-gatherer
c) agriculture
d) domestication
b) hunter-gatherer
Options A, C, D are examples of a sedentary, permanent lifestyle
Dating ancient artifacts
Archeologist
Which two continents were the last to be populated by humans?
A) Asia and Africa
B) Asia and North America
C) Europe and South America
D) North and South America
D) North and South America
Every early site of agriculture was located near a ____________
Which of the following does not belong:
a) settlement
b) nomadic
c) semi-nomadic
d) hunter
a) settlement
The following home would be most suitable for a ___________ lifestyle
a) nomadic
b) semi-nomadic
c) sedentary
sedentary
Figuring out the type of material ancient artifacts are made out of
Archeologist
Why is the DNA of Native Americans (North/South America) so closely related to that of people in Siberia (Asia)?
Because the theory is that human migration followed a path from Asia across a land bridge (ice) to North America.
a) subsistence farming
b) gathering
c) domesticated animals
d) settlements
b) gathering
Only choice that isn't a part of agriculture
Which of the following has not been domesticated?
a) dogs
b) fox
c) cows
d) pig
d) elephants
a) nomadic b) semi-nomadic c) sedentary
c) sedentary
You only store if you intended to live in place for a while.
Nomads did not have "extras", or know how to farm.
Figuring out if certain humans had religion based on ancient objects
Anthropologist
Why are so many books now "incorrect" about how long ago humans lived in South America?
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Because science and dates keeps being updated as new evidence is found.
Humans have been hunting and gathering for more than _______% of our existence
a) 90
b) 50
c) 25
d) 10
a) 90
Humans have been hunters and gatherers for the vast majority (>90%) of our time on Earth
What is true about most domesticated plants?
a) they are healthier
b) they are larger
c) the don't have any seeds
d) they are more expensive
b) they are larger
Most of society today is _________________
a) semi-nomadic
b) sedentary
c) selective
d) nomadic
sedentary
Archeologist
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The Out of Africa theory believes that modern humans originated from Africa and slowly spread out throughout the world.
FINAL JEOPARDY QUESTION
List 3 uses that humans have/had for domesticated animals
Hunting (Dogs)
Milk/Eggs (Cows, Goats, Chickens)
Clothing (Sheep)
Meat
Transport (Camels, horses, sled dogs)
Guarding (Dogs)
Farming (Oxen, horses, etc for pulling on farming equipment, etc
Describe, using vocab from class, what is going on in this picture.
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Domesticated cows
(Subsistence) farming
Living on settlements
Sedentary lifestyle
People practicing agriculture
How is semi-nomadic different from nomadic?
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Semi-nomadic has no permanent settlements, but may stay at a site for a season, and then migrate again.
What might an anthropologist wonder about this?
(Answer can't be: "Who drew this? OR What does it mean?"
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