1.Stone Age

Question 1

When was the stone age and why was it called the stone age?

Answer 1

Between 3.3 million and 3 thousand B.C.

use of stone tools.

Question 2

What is the oldest period of the stone age called?

Answer 2

Paleolithic

Question 3

What is the middle stone age called?

Answer 3

Mesolithic

Question 4

What is the last period of the stone age called?

Answer 4

Neolithic

Question 5

Bipedal

Answer 5

Walking on two feet.

Question 6

Quadruped

Answer 6

Walking on four feet.

Question 7

Prehistory

Answer 7

unwritten history.

Question 8

history

Answer 8

written history.

Question 9

Domestication

Answer 9

The process of taming animals and plants for human use.

Question 10

Carbon Dating

Answer 10

A chemical analysis used to determine the age of organic materials up to 40,000 years.

Question 11

Hunter-Gatherer

Answer 11

Hunting and gathering food.

Question 12

Nomad

Answer 12

A person that has no permanent home.

Question 13

Paleontologist

Answer 13

A scientist who studies fossils and the history of life on earth.

Question 14

Archeologist

Answer 14

A scientist who studies artifacts for an understanding of human lifestyles and cultures.

Question 15

Geologist

Answer 15

Earth science, focusing in rocks and how they change over time.

Question 16

Historian

Answer 16

A person who studies the past.

Question 17

Evolution

Answer 17

A process by which living things change with time.

Question 18

What was the Neolithic Revolution?

Answer 18

When people moved away from hunting and gathering and started practicing agriculture. Domestication of plants and animals.

Question 19

When was the Pleistocene Epoch (the last ice age)?

Answer 19

Started about 2.6 million years ago and lasted until 11,700 years ago.
The earth started rapidly warming about 17,500 years ago then a comet hit the earth and caused massive fires and began the younger dryas.

Question 20

Younger Dryas

Answer 20

Rapid freezing of the earth from 12,800 years ago until 11,700 years ago. When the warming occurred very rapidly a massive flood happened due to the melting of the ice sheets. This flood is recorded in civilizations all over the world including our holy bible.
This is when Atlantis would have sunk.
Shortly after Gobekli Tepi was built, about 11,600 years ago. This seems to prove advanced civilizations existed much further back in time than previously thought. Scientists continue to debate the facts.

Question 21

Artifact

Answer 21

An object of cultural or historical interest.

Question 22

Adapt

Answer 22

To adjust or change to suit conditions.

Question 23

Agriculture

Answer 23

The practice of cultivating or working the land. Raising stock.

Question 24

Anthropologist

Answer 24

The study of how humans developed and related to each other.

Question 25

Surplus

Answer 25

An extra supply of something.

Question 26

Specialization

Answer 26

People training to do particular kinds of work.

Question 27

Trade

Answer 27

The exchange of goods.

Question 28

Civilization

Answer 28

A culture that has developed systems of specialization, religion, learning and government.

Question 29

Migrate

Answer 29

To move from one place to another.

Question 30

Technology

Answer 30

The use of skills and tools to meet or exceed practical human needs.

Question 31

Glacier

Answer 31

A large sheet of ice.

Question 32

Bias

Answer 32

People come from different backgrounds, religions,

Question 33

Monolith

Answer 33

One stone block used to build a structure or monument.

Question 34

Megalithic

Answer 34

Multiple large stones used to build structures or monuments