Name:________________________________________________________ Date:__________________

The Earliest Human Societies

Early Human Migration
1) Look at the map on pages 4-5. How old were the fossils found at 0 Latitude and 40 East Longitude? ___________

2) Look back at your chart on Hominid development. What type of hominid would that be? ____________________

3) How old was the fossil found in 40 North Latitude and 40 East Longitude? _______________________________

4) What type of hominid would that be?_____________________________________

5) How old was the fossil found at 38 North Latitude and 0 Longitude? _______________________________

6) What type of hominid would that be? ____________________________________

7) How old was the fossil found at the Arctic Circle and 160 West Longitude? _________________________

8) What type of hominid would that be? ____________________________________

9) How old was the fossil found at 40 South Latitude and 70 West Longitude? _________________________

10) What type of hominid would that be? ____________________________________

The world is split into what is called the New World and the Old World. Based on what you observe on this map.
Name the continents that would be in each world.
Old World New World
What continents are in this “World”? What continents are in this “World”?

How did people get from the Old World to the New World? (use the word interglacial)

What do you think is a migration route?

Vocabulary words for next reading:

1) Hunter-gatherers:_____________________________________________________________________________

2) Bands ______________________________________________________________________________________

3) Nomads ____________________________________________________________________________________

4) Migration __________________________________________________________________________________

5) Technology ________________________________________________________________________________
6)Consist ____________________________________________________________________________________

7)Religion ___________________________________________________________________________________
The structure of the text is Cause and Effect. Today we will be reading each section to find how the author’s have
created a cause and effect relationship.

Early Humans were Hunter-Gatherers: Read this section of the text and write one example of cause and
effect in the boxes below.
Cause Effect

Adapting to the Environment

Cause Effect

Early Humans on the Move

Cause Effect

Developing Tools and Culture

Cause Effect

The Development of Technology

Cause Effect

The Use of Fire

Cause Effect

Early Human Culture

Cause Effect