1. Questions for 8th C – Human Migrations
Instructions:
Using your own words, answer the following.
You must bring it typed in a sheet of paper, choose someone to hand it in, and drop it on the
teacher’s desk on Monday morning.
1. Where did humans come from?
2. Why do you think made them migrate?
3. Who were the first hominids to migrate?
4. Where did they migrate to?
5. If you were a Homo Erectus, and your supply of food runs out, what do you do?
6. How far did homo erectus go?
7. Homo sapiens started to migrate… when?
8. Where did they first migrate to?
9. What was the farthest they went?
10. Where is the Bering Strait located at?
11. How were humans able to cross into America by crossing it?
12. Has this been proved or is it just a theory?
13. Explain a second theory of how America was populated.
14. Analyze: What might have triggered the migration? Weather? Development of language?
Write a paragraph detailing your answer, using your own words
15. Draw a map and trace the possible routes followed by humans until they finally reached
the American continent.
16. Why did humans venture into crossing the Bering Strait?
17. Why are these theories not proven yet?
If you do “copy/paste”, you get a zero.