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Chapter 1 Vocabulary and Comprehension & Critical Thinking questions/answers
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| history | written and other recorded events of people |
| prehistory | time before writing was invented |
| archaeologist | a scientist who examines objects to learn about the human past |
| oral traditions | stories passed down by word of mouth |
| geography | the study of Earth’s surface and the processes that shape it |
| What do scientists study to learn about pre-history? | Scientists study the remains of and objects that belonged to ancient people to learn about prehistory. |
| What do we know about societies that leave behind written records? | When societies leave behind written records, we know about their history including their wars, religion and rulers. |
| Analyze the clothes you wear and the things you carry to school. What do they say about your life? How does your story compare to the Iceman‘s story? | The clothes you wear and the things you bring to school tell about a student’s interests, the kinds of things they do during the day and the climate in which they live. The Iceman’s clothes would reveal similar information about his life. |
| Name some examples of familiar geographic features. | Examples of familiar geographic features: climate, landscape and location |
| How can geography help us to understand history? | Geography can help us understand history because it can help clarify why historical events happened the way it did. |
| What effect has geography had on the way people in your community live? | We live on an island, so we have to worry about flooding in severe weather but we also have moderate weather throughout the Spring and Fall so we can have gardens, frow plants and do activities outdoors. |
| Stone Age | a period of time during which early humans made lasting tools and weapons mainly from stone; the earliest known period of human culture |
| nomad | a person who has no settled home; moves place to place |
| fertile | rich in the substances plants need to grow well; describes soil and land |
| domesticate | to adapt wild plants for human use; tame wild animals and breed them for human use |
| Describe how people of the Old Stone Age survived. | People of the Old Stone Age survived by hunting with stone weapons, gathering wild plants, and moving around constantly to look for food. |
| What important skills did people of the Old Stone Age use to find food? | People of the Old Stone Age found food using their good hunting skills and ability to find and gather edible plants. |
| How did survival skills change as people began to settle? | Survival skills changed as people began to settle by using their skills to find places to live that had good soil and experimented with types of plants to find ones that grew best in their area. |
| What marked the beginning of the New Stone Age? | People growing their own food marked the beginning of the New Stone Age. |
| How is life in the New Stone Age different from life in the Old Stone Age? | In the New Stone Age, people settled in areas to grow their own food rather than traveling constantly in search of food. |
| What are the effects of geography and climate on farming? | Geography and climate affect the types of plants that will grow well in an area. |
| irrigation | supplying land with water through a network of canals |
| surplus | more than is needed |
| artisan | a worker who is especially skilled at crafting items by hand |
| civilization | a society with cities, a central government, job specialization and social classes |
| social class | a group of people with similar backgrounds, incomes and ways of living |
| How did peoples lives change when they begin to produce their own food? | People’s lives changed when they began to produce their own food because they were able to settle in communities. |
| What effects did food surpluses have on people and populations? | Food surpluses allowed populations to grow and people could focus on other jobs besides farming. |
| What resources were necessary for villages to grow into cities? | Rich soil, dependable drinking water and materials to build shelters were needed for villages to grow into cities. |
| What were the similarities and differences between villages and cities? | Cities were larger and had public buildings compared to villages. The people had a greater variety of jobs and developed governments in cities as well. |
| What development occurred as societies grew into civilizations? | As societies turned into civilizations, artwork, writing and social classes developed and trade expanded. |
| How does prosperity lead to the development of social classes? | Prosperity led to the development of social classes because some groups were more prosperous than others, so the division of classes occurred. |
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