Category E: History and Evolution DONE

Question 0

What does the Anglo-Saxon word,

hors, mean?

Answer 0

Swiftness

Question 1

What is the oldest purebred existing today?

Answer 1

Arabian

Question 2

What does the Greek word, eos, mean?

Answer 2

Dawn

Question 3

What was the first ancestor if the modern horse called?

Answer 3

Eohippus

Question 4

What is the original meaning for the word, eohippus?

Answer 4

Dawn horse

Question 5

What is the final stage of evolution of the horse?

Answer 5

Equus

Question 6

Why did plantation owners in the south develop the saddlebred?

Answer 6

They wanted an easy gaited horse to ride in the fields all day but would look fancy for Sunday visiting.

Question 7

How did the horse get brought back to North America after disappearing in the Ice Age?

Answer 7

By Spaniards in the sixteenth century

Question 8

The first horse originated about how long ago?

Answer 8

58 million years ago

Question 9

Where did the first horse live?

Answer 9

The Great Plains of North America

Question 10

How tall was the first ancestor of the horse?

Answer 10

12 inches tall

Question 11

How many toes did eohippus have on each foot?

Answer 11

Four toes on the front and three toes on the back

Question 12

What was the second stage of evolution of the horse?

Answer 12

Mesohippus

Question 13

How tall was mesohippus?

Answer 13

24 inches tall

Question 14

How tall was eohippus?

Answer 14

12 inches tall

Question 15

How many toes did mesohippus have on each foot?

Answer 15

Three toes on each foot

Question 16

Which toe was largest on mesohippus?

Answer 16

The middle toe

Question 17

What stage of evolution of the horse developed teeth suitable for grazing?

Answer 17

Mesohippus

Question 18

How did horses get to Asia before dying out in North America about one million years after Eohippus roamed the Great Plains?

Answer 18

They crossed the Bering Strait, which was a land bridge at the time between Alaska and Siberia

Question 19

Which Spanish explorer was credited with bringing the first spotted horses to the North American continent?

Answer 19

Cortez

Question 20

BONUS Q: Name 3 ways the horse has served man.

Answer 20

Beast of burden, war machine, recreation, source of food.

Question 21

BONUS Q: Name 3 characteristics of eohippus.

Answer 21

Short neck, 12 inches tall, four toes on front feet, three toes on back feet, lived in swamps and forests, had even teeth