SOL 2: Prehistory Study Guide

In what kind of area would hunter-gatherer societies most likely develop?

Where is Stonehenge located?

What best describes typical hunter-gatherer societies?

Approximately when did civilizations first emerge?

Development of fire was a characteristic of which Age?

What main change characterized the New Stone Age?

What period of history: Food producing, domesticated animals, and the Agricultural Revolution?

Of the following, which was NOT a characteristic of the Paleolithic period:

What was the result of people developing agriculture and domesticating animals?

How did Neolithic societies lead to the development of civilizations?

What was the lifestyle of early Paleolithic man?

What site is an example of a Neolithic settlement currently under excavation?

What are artifacts?

What was an effect of increased agricultural production during the Neolithic period?

What is the name for the period of history before events were recorded?

What period is the settlement Catalhoyuk from?

During which period did cave art emerge?

What do we call people who move from place to place?

From where do scientists believe early man first migrated?

What development made it possible for early peoples to live as farmers?

What was the Neolithic Revolution?

Where did homo sapiens first migrate to after leaving Africa?

Why did Old Stone Age people move from place to place?

A new discovery from a New Stone Age village would most likely be analyzed by? 

Approximately when did the Neolithic era begin?

During which period did stone hand axes emerge?

What people first used domesticated animals to help with everyday work?

What do we call scientists who study past cultures by looking at human remains and artifacts?