16-17 Unit 2: Beginnings of Human Societies

Question 1

Why did people in the Neolithic Age live together in larger groups,compared with earlier times?

Accepted Answer

They could grow enough food to support more people.

Question 2

Which social scientist asks the question "Who were the first humans?"

Accepted Answer

Anthropologist

Question 3

What change began the Neolithic Age, about 8000 B.C.E.?

Accepted Answer

farming

Question 4

Which social scientist asks the question "What is this item?"

Accepted Answer

Archaeologist

Question 5

2. What is the scientific recovery and interpretation of artifacts from the past?

Accepted Answer

Archaeology

Question 6

Which social scientist asks the question "Who was involved?"

Accepted Answer

Historian

Question 7

During the ____, glaciers shrank, sea levels rose, and temperatures increased.

Accepted Answer

Great Thaw

Question 8

From 250,000-10,000 B.C.E., humans used what as their primary tool material?

Accepted Answer

stone

Question 9

This dating uses the naturally occurring isotope carbon-14 to determine the age of materials.

Accepted Answer

absolute

Question 10

Where were the earliest human remains found?

Accepted Answer

Ethiopia

Question 11

What geographical feature allowed early humans to cross from Asia to North America?

Accepted Answer

the Bering Land Bridge

Question 12

People who study the past are most like

Accepted Answer

detectives.

Question 13

What was the greatest benefit to people when early farmers began to raise plants and animals?

Accepted Answer

They had a stable food supply.

Question 14

Why was the Fertile Crescent the site of many early settlements?

Accepted Answer

The soil was good for crops.

Question 15

What unique challenge does the study of prehistoric history present?

Accepted Answer

lack of evidence from the period

Question 16

Which of these was a change that resulted from building permanent shelters?

Accepted Answer

new ways of cooking food in clay-lined pits

Question 17

What does Prehistoric refer to?

Accepted Answer

the time before people left written records

Question 18

According to the map, which continent did humans reach last?

Accepted Answer

South America

Question 19

What is the field of study concerned with global processes and patterns of humanity over time?

Accepted Answer

World History

Question 20

Typically archaeologists work with prehistoric artifacts, while anthropologists work with...

Accepted Answer

early and modern societies

Question 21

Which factor first influenced the migration patterns of early humans?

Accepted Answer

the movements of game animals

Question 22

What rivers are located within the Fertile Crescent?

Accepted Answer

Jordan, Tigris, & Euphrates

Question 23

What term means when different people in society take on specific roles or jobs?

Accepted Answer

specialization / division of labor

Question 24

Decorated pottery and polished stones suggest what about Neolithic people?

Accepted Answer

They cared about beauty.

Question 25

This dating presumes the age of an artifact in relation to other objects found in its vicinity.

Accepted Answer

relative

Question 26

About how long ago did humans start developing art?

Accepted Answer

about 10,000-20,000 years ago

Question 27

The people of this era are called ...

Accepted Answer

foragers/hunters-gathers

Question 28

This term means old stone age

Accepted Answer

Paleolithic

16-17 Unit 2: Beginnings of Human Societies

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16-17 Unit 2: Beginnings of Human Societies

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