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Unit 2 Quiz#1 Review: Hominids and Early Humans
· Timelines: Be able to read and answer questions about a new timeline you haven’t seen before related to hominids/early humans. Identify and correctly use in writing vocabulary related to writing/discussing history and timelines.
o Timeline, Chronology, Era, Prehistoric, Millennium, Century, Decade, B.C. / B.C.E., A.D. / C.E., Circa
What to Study: Your notes on these terms, look up different timelines and practice reading them, such as the ones we looked at together in class (http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/timeline/timeline.shtml and http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/link/hist_nf.html), page 84 of your workbook.
· Text-Based Assessment: Be prepared to read and answer a few multiple choice/short answers about a new text related to hominids and early humans.
o What to Study: The articles and questions you’ve worked on both in class and for homework. The text and questions will be of a very similar nature. “Family Tree Grows: Surprising Details Emerge on Human-Like Species” 11/10 sub work, “Finding Lucy: The Leakeys and the Search for Human Origins,” Archaeology reading that was assigned for break homework.
· Hominids, Homo Sapiens, Homo Erectus, Homo Habilis: Be able to define and answer multiple choice questions about these terms.
o What to Study: Your notes on these definitions, they are also listed at the top of the reading “Finding Lucy.”
· Skull Analysis: You will be given an image of a modern human skull and one of its pre-human ancestors. You must complete a Venn Diagram comparing and contrasting the two skulls.
o What to Study: Skull comparisons in your workbook, pages 85-93
· Short answers:
o Explain the importance of the Lucy and what specifically this fossil has contributed to our understanding of pre-history. Make a claim on whether you think it’s more important to preserve Lucy or study/share her with the world. Support your claim with specific reasoning and evidence.
What to Study: The reading “Finding Lucy,” video on Lucy excavation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPit_Mca8dM), “Lucy: Ethiopia’s Star Skeleton” p. 98 of your workbook, “Paleontologist Leakey Denounces Lucy Skeleton’s U.S. Tour.”
o Compare and contrast the Lucy and Otzi fossils and what we learned about pre-history from each fossil. Make a claim on whether you think the Lucy or the Otzi fossil was more important. Support your claim with specific reasoning and evidence.
What to Study: Lucy readings (listed above) and Otzi readings, pages 100-109, your Lucy/Otzi comparison chart on 110.