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Chapter One - Early man
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Written and other recorded events of people.
oral tradition
archaeology
history
prehistory
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During the Paleolithic Era (Old Stone Age) people got food by
Hunting
Trapping
Farming
Herding
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During the Neolithic Era (New Stone Age) people got food mostly by:
Fishing
Farming
Gathering
Hunting
4
When archeologists study an excavation site, objects closer to the surface are
contain radioactive material
too old to date
in better shape
not as old as those found in deeper levels
5
How did early civilizations affect the surrounding environment?
By being Nomads and moving around
by building irrigation systems
starting religions
by developing complex language
6
If early humans had a dependable source of water it enabled them to...
make cloth
build shelters
hunt less often
develop into cities
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BONUS: What type of tools did people use in the New Stone Age?
Bronze
Stone
Copper
Wooden
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Time before writing was invented.
history
Stonehendge
prehistory
ancient
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To adapt wild plants or tame wild animals and breed them for human use.
hominid
domesticate
culture
garden
10
A scientist who examines objects to learn about human's past
geographer
astrophysicist
anthropologist
archaeologists
11
In ancient times, who spread new ideas and tools from one geographic setting to another?
an artisian
a trader
a farmer
a scholar
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A group of people with similar backgrounds, incomes and ways of living.
social class
workers
colleages
population
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More than is needed
irrigation
civilization
surplus
domesticate
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Worker who is especially skilled at crafting items by hand.
artisan
social class
generalist
jewler
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The economy of EARLY villages was based mainly on
sheep's wool
farming
stone tools
trade
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The study of Earth's surface and the process that shapes it.
geometric
geothermal
geocentric
geography
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"Pre" in prehistory means
soon
toward
before
after
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A person who has no settled home.
hunter-gatherer
hominid
farmer
nomad
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A period of time during with hominids made lasting tools and weapons mainly from stone
prehistoric
Bronze Age
history
Stone Age
20
A society with cities, a central government, jobs, and social classes.
suplus
New York
social class
civilization
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How did people in the Old Stone Age get food?
Domesticating plants
Farming
Hunting and fishing
Hunting and gathering
22
A modern human or member of an earlier group that may have included ancestors or relatives of modern humans
hominid
monkey
chimpanze
homely
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Supplying land with water through a network of canals
surplus
irrigation
tributary
strait
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During the period of the Old Stone Age, people learned to
farm
write
use fire
make tools from Bronze
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Where did the first civilizations appear
In Africa
Near rivers
Near forests
Near mountain ranges
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What abilities do Neanderthals and Homo spaiens share?
complex language, hunting
making tools and complex language
using fire, making tools, hunting
using fire, cooperating
