World History Quiz

Historian =

Studies how people lived in the past.

#1 goal: to determine the cause of an event

#2 goal: to not allow experiences, culture, or politics influence interpretations

Technology =

Skills + tools people use to meet their needs and wants

Homo habilis =

Handyman (nickname) 1st hominids to make stone tools, cut, scrape, chop, and saw

Homo erectus =

1st hominids to use fire + hand ax

 Homo sapiens =

replaced homo erectus out of Africa then migrated

What types of obstacles do historians have to overcome to give a straightforward account of past events?

Historians cannot allow their own culture to interfere with their interpretations of historical events

Describe the “Out of Africa” theory

The theory is homo sapiens first lived in Africa and then migrated to other parts of the world

How have anthropologists learned about the ancestors of modern humans?

To see how much we have changed

Why did scholars give Homo Habilis the nickname “handy man”

They were called that because they were the first to make or create stone tools

Considering hominids’ use of tools, what can you infer about how they obtained food? How does that differ from how we obtain food today?

They used stone tools to hunt and kill animals. This differs from how we obtain food today because now we go to the local supermarket or grocery store and buy our food