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Prehistory
World History I SOL Review
Question | Answer |
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On what continent did homo sapiens first emerge? | Africa |
How many years ago did the first homo sapiens emerge? | 100,000 - 400,000 years ago |
What did early humans survival depend upon? | hunting animals and gathering plants |
What term describes a person who travels from place to place in search of food? | Nomad |
What does Neolithic stand for? | New Stone Age |
What does Paleolithic stand for? | Old Stone Age |
What term describes a scientist who study past cultures by locating and analyzing human remains, fossils, and artifacts? | Archaeologists |
What term describes when Scientist can use tests to date and analyze fossils and artifacts? | Carbon Dating |
What did Neolithic Era societies do? | Developed agriculture, domesticated animals, used advanced tools, made pottery, developed weaving skills |
What was the Neolithic Agriculture Revolution? | People stopped hunting and gathering and started planting food |
What is an example of an archaeological site in England that was begun during the Neolithic Age and Completed during the Bronze Age? | Stonehenge |
What are characteristics of hunter-gather societies? | Nomadic, invented tools and simple weapons, learned how to make fire, lived in clans, developed oral language, created Cave-art |