HISTORY FORM 1 TOPIC 2:THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION OF MAN

Qn.1.Give the Characteristics of primitive
   - Answer:
1. Their bodies were covered with lots of hair.
2. They walked on four limbs
3. They lived in dense forest.
4. They had poorly mental abilities.
5. They totally depended on nature eg. ate raw food
QN.2.Outline characteristics of Zinjanthropus
- Answer:
1. Fore limbs were free from walking.
2. Hind limbs were used for standing and body balance.
3. Man started to design, make and use tools.
4. Man become skillful.
QN. Give five characterisics of Homo habilis
- Answer:
- It lived between 1,500,000 and 750,000 BC.
- Homohabilis become more skillful man, because was systematic tools maker.
- Homohabilis believed to be the direct ancestor of modern man.
- He had bigger brain and he was more systematic tool maker.
- The skull of those creatures were discovered at Olduvai Gorge and omo in Eastern and Rudolf in Kenya.
QN.3.Give basic characteristics of  homo sapiens
- Answer:
1. Development of man’s ability to design, make and use tools.
2. Ability of man to walk on two limbs. (Bi-pedalism)
3. Ability of man to think.
4. Ability of man to domesticate plants and animals.
QN. 4. mention three stone Age
- Answer:
1. Early or Old stone age.
2. Middle stone age.
3. Late or new stone age
Man obtained his food by hunting and gathering
In this period man had low ability to control his environment.
QN.5.Identify seven chracteristic of early stone age
- Answer:
 
1. Man lived primitive life depending on nature.
2. Man made and use crude (poor) tools.
3. Man lived by hunting and gathering.
4. Man ate raw food i.e meat
5. Man walked up right.
6. Man lived in caves.
7. Man did not wear clothes.
QN.6.Give 8 uses if fire to man
- Answer:
1. Man started to eat roasted food i.e meat
2. Man started to live in cold areas.
3. Man used fire to clean bushes.
4. Man used fire to provide light at night.
5. Fire used to kill small animals e.g rabbit
6. With fire man increased working hours .
7. Man use fire to attract prey.
8. Man used fire for defense from dangerous animals like lion.
QN.7. Outline the characterintics of middle stone age
- Answer:
1. Man discovered fire.
2. Man developed some religious beliefs.
3. Man started to live complex life.
4.man based in hunting and gathering
5.man live in Sedentary/ nomadic life
QN.8. Outline the Characteristics of the late stone age.
- Answer:
1. Man used better tools compare to the previous ages.
2. Man started to domesticated plant and animal.
3. Man become food producer.
4. Increase of population.
5. It was beginning of settled communities and villages.
6. This period marked to be primarily on division of labour.
Example: women become child bearers and cares while man for protecting the families and hunting
Informal education started in this period.
QN.9. Identify the impact brought  by iron technology
  
- Answer:
1. It led to increase in food production. Man could now clear his areas for cultivation.
2. Increase in population due to more food.
3. There was emergence of specialization i.e. Iron workers (black smiths) and food producers.
4. It led to the emergence of complex villages / development of political organization as kingdom and states.
5. Tools were highly improved and more efficient,
QN.10. Mention the ffects of the Discovery of Iron
    - Answer:
1. Help man to clear and occupy thick forest areas
2. He was able to build better houses
3. Iron tools were used for defense against wild animals
4. Specialization in production began
5. Man started to live in permanent settlement

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