Among hunter-gatherers, how did the jobs of women and men probably differ?

Women gathered fruits and nuts while men killed wild animals.

What is true about culture?

Culture is reflected by the artifacts a group makes.

Why was the discovery made by Richard Leakey's team in 1967 important?

The team had found the earliest fossils of modern humans.

Why are primary sources important to understanding human history?

They give descriptions of events by a person who lived through them.

Which of the following is true of secondary sources?

They are written descriptions of events by people who didn't live then.

Why was the agricultural revolution significant in human history?

People became farmers and no longer had to depend on hunting and gathering.

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Chapter 1 Prehistoric Times

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1
Among hunter-gatherers, how did the jobs of women and men probably differ?
Women grew crops while men gathered fruits and nuts.
Both men and women shared the same types of jobs.
Women gathered fruits and nuts while men killed wild animals.
Women cared for children while men grew crops.
2
What is an example of technology that Paleolithic people developed?
living in small family groups with many relatives
hunting for wild berries and nuts
burying their dead with certain rituals
using fire to cook food
3
What is true about culture?
Culture is reflected by the artifacts a group makes.
Culture did not develop during the Paleolithic Age.
Each generation creates a completely new culture.
While language is an element of culture, religion is not.
4
What are two main characteristics of domestication?
farming and raising animals
living a nomadic life and raising animals
living a nomadic life and killing wild animals
gathering wild fruits and raising animals
5
Paleolithic people's tools were made of what material?
bronze
iron
glass
stone
6
Which term describes music, language, clothing, and other aspects of human life?
technology
government
culture
artifacts
7
Why was the discovery made by Richard Leakey's team in 1967 important?
It proved that early humans lived in trees.
The team had found the earliest fossils of modern humans.
The team found the earliest known tools made by human-like species.
It proved that hominins had been around millions of years.
8
What advance made it easier for Paleolithic people to digest meat?
spear heads
sharp knives
fishhooks
fire
9
Which of the following is an important way that hunter-gatherers got food?
making flour from wheat
growing vegetables
gathering fruits and nuts
raising animals such as goats
10
What is one theory about why megafauna became extinct about 11,000 years ago?
Food and water became scarce due to a drought.
Humans stopped hunting these animals.
The climate suddenly became colder.
The Ice Age started to end.
11
Why are primary sources important to understanding human history?
They give descriptions of events by a person who lived through them.
They are based on secondary sources.
They provide historians interpretations of past events.
They are always passed down orally from generation to the next.
12
Which of the following is true of secondary sources?
They are written descriptions of events by people that lived in that time.
They are always artifacts
They are oral descriptions of events by people that lived in that time.
They are written descriptions of events by people who didn't live then.
13
What is and example of a tool made by Paleolithic people?
spear made of stone
fishhook made of iron
bowl made of glass
knife made of wood
14
Which of the following is an artifact?
fossilized skull of a hominin
spear point made of stone
petrified tree branch
footprint of a chimpanzee
15
Why was the agricultural revolution significant in human history?
People learned to work together to kill large animals.
More people began living as nomads & were able to travel to better climate.
People became farmers and no longer had to depend on hunting and gathering.
People began living in smaller family groups and depending less on others.

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