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Foy WH Ch. 2 Test
Foy Ch. 2 Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What do historians rely on when studying prehistory? | They rely on the work of archaeologists and anthropologists. |
| Who found the bones of hominids (early ancestors of humans) in East Africa? | Mary and Louis Leakey |
| What time period did the first humans and their ancestors live in? | Stone Age |
| What is the first part of the Stone Age called, during which people used stone tools? | Paleolithic Era |
| Where were the earliest tools found? | East Africa |
| What do scientists think the first tools were used for? | mostly to cut and grind food |
| What material were improved tools made out of? | flint |
| Once tools were improved, what was one advantage when hunting? | People no longer had to stand next to the animals they were hunting and were able to kill larger animals from a distance. |
| What areas of culture did hunter-gatherers develop? | language, religion, and art |
| Where did hunter-gatherers live, and with whom? | They lived in small groups and in caves. |
| What was the time period where many places around the world began to experience long periods of freezing weather? | ice ages |
| During the ice age, what was the strip of land connecting Asia and North America called? | land bridge |
| Once early hominids migrated from Africa to Asia, where did they eventually spread? | India, China, Southeast Asia, and Europe |
| Once humans began to migrate to South Asia around 100,000 years ago, where did they migrate next? | Europe, North Asia, then North America |
| By 9,000 BC, humans live on all continents but which one? | Antarctica |
| How did early people learn to adapt to new environments? | by sewing clothing out of animal skins and finding new shelters |
| What types of new tools and technologies were found in the Mesolithic Era? | hooks, fishing spear, bow and arrow, canoes, and pottery |
| What time period came after the Middle Stone Age (Mesolithic Era)? | Neolithic Era, or New Stone Age |
| During the Neolithic Era, what was the process used for making animals and plants more useful? | domestication |
| When and where did the Neolithic Era begin and what skills did people learn how to do? | It began as early as 10,000 years ago in Southwest Asia. They learned how to polish stones, make fire, and produce food. |
| Why did the Neolithic Era end around 5,000 years ago in Egypt and Southwest Asia? | Toolmakers in those areas started using metal. |
| What did the domestication of plants lead to? | the development of agriculture, or farming |
| What did learning to use animals to help with farming lead to? | increasing people's chances of surviving |
| What did the creating of farming mean for people living in civilizations? | People could focus on activities other than finding food. |
| What did domestication of plants and animals lead to? | The use of fibers to make clothes |
| Since domestication led to the need to stay in one place, what happened to farming communities? | They grew into towns. |
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