Name: _______________________________
Core: _________ Date: ____________
Questions to respond to while watching the movie Journey of Man (part 2, second 45 minutes)
1. The first human beings left Africa about 50,000 years ago, and eventually arrived in Australia.
About 5,000 years later, a second group left Africa. Where did they go first?
2. Why did the second group (or wave) leave Africa?
3. The second group of people who left Africa soon traveled to _______________ and
______________, but it took them longer to travel to ________________.
4. What is (at least) one physical change that happened when people migrated North into a colder
climate with less sunlight?
5. Why does Spencer Wells say it took his (European) ancestors 10,000 years to get to Europe?
6. Spencer Wells goes to visit Zakirzhan Niyazov in Kazakstan. What is so special about him?
7. The Chukchi are the next step in the “Journey of Man.” Describe the climate in which they live.
Why did our ancestors need to survive in a similar climate?
8. What animal have the Chukchi and their ancestors tamed to help them survive? Name two parts
of this animal that they use.
9. A small group of the Chukchi’s ancestors left Northern Russia for somewhere else. Where did
they go? How did they get there?
Name: _______________________________
Core: _________ Date: ____________
Multiple choice questions to respond to while watching the movie Journey of Man (second 45 minutes)
1. The first human beings left Africa about 50,000 years ago, and went to Australia. About
5,000 years later, a second group left Africa. Where did they go first?
a. Europe
b. The Middle East
c. India
d. China
e. The Americas
2. Why did the second group of people leave Africa?
a. Change in the weather
b. No food
c. Drought
d. All of these
3. The second group of people who left Africa next traveled to __________ and ___________?
a. Egypt & Mesopotamia
b. Europe & America
c. India & China
d. Russia & Sweden
4. Circle one physical change that happened when people migrated North into a colder climate?
Humans …
a. Got lighter skin
b. Grew shorter hair
c. Got taller
d. Wore more clothing
5. Why does Spencer Wells say it took his ancestors 10,000 years to get to Europe?
a. They moved slowly
b. They got lost
c. They took a long route
d. They got killed
6. Spencer Wells goes to visit a man named Zakirzhan Niyazov. What is so special about him?
a. He is a famous scientist
b. He has a very large family
c. He is related to a common ancestor
7. The Chukchi are the next step in the “Journey of Man.” Describe the climate they live in.
a. Cold snowy arctic
b. Hot dry desert
c. Tropical rainforest
d. High mountains
8. What animal have the Chukchi and their ancestors tamed to help them survive?
a. Horses
b. Cattle
Name two parts of this animal that they use:
c. Reindeer
d. Rabbits
e. Fish
1. _______________________
2. _______________________
9. A small group of the Chukchi’s ancestors left Northern Russia for somewhere else. Where
did they go?
a. Africa
b. China
c. India
d. Europe
e. Australia
f. The Americas