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Early Culture
Question Format
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The time before there was writing is called ? | Prehistory |
| What does ancestor mean? | A relative who lived in the past. |
| What is a hominid? | An early ancestor of humans. |
| What do we call any handheld object that has been modified to help a person accomplish a task? | A tool. |
| What is an example of a tool used in the Paleolithic Era? | Stone |
| What is the Paleolithic Era? | It is the Old Stone Age. |
| Why were people able to move and migrate to new places? | They eventually learned how to control and create fire. |
| What continent did all hominids come from? | Africa. |
| What was the name of the first human made shelters that were in the ground and covered with roofs of branches and leaves? | A pit house. |
| What do we call a community of people who share a common culture? | Society |
| Who are hunter-gatherers? | People who hunt animals and gather wild plants, seeds, fruits, and nuts to survive. |
| What does migrate mean? | To move to a new place. |
| What are the freezing times known as? | The ice ages. |
| What is a land bridge? | A strip of land connecting two continents. |
| What is the Middle Stone Age called? | The Mesolithic Era. |
| What were some new tools used during the Mesolithic Era? | Bone, hooks, fishing spears, bow and arrow. |
| Who was Lucy? | Lucy was an early hominid that lived more than 3 million years ago and walked on two legs. |
| What does Australopithecus mean? | Southern Ape. |
| What does Homo Habilis mean? | Handy man. |
| What does Homo Erectus mean? | Upright man |
| What does Homo Sapiens mean? | Wise man |
| What did Homo Sapiens develop? | They developed language. |
| Who was the first group of hominids to create fire? | Homo Sapiens |
| Who was the first group of hominids to control fire? | Homo Erectus |
| Where were the first hominids from and the oldest tools found? | Tanzania, Africa |
| What is a mineral that is easy to shape and was used to make very sharp tools? | Flint |
| What is the Neolithic Era? | The New Stone Age |
| What does domestication mean? | It is the process of changing plants or animals to make them more useful to humans. |
| What does agriculture mean? | Farming |
| What are megaliths? | Megaliths are huge stones used as monuments or as the sites for religious gatherings. |
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