Early humans and the Agricultural Revolution Flashcards

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A nomad is a person who moves from place to place to survive.

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True

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The genus Homo first appeared about 2.5 million years ago in Africa.

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True

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During the most recent Ice age the water level of the ocean was lowered which exposed a land bridge from Asia to north America.

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True

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Neanderthals used tools and hunted big game and skinned animals.

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True

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Hominins acted together in large groups.

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False

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Paleolithic :

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Old stone age

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Domestication :

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Taming of animals for human use .

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Specialization :

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The act of training for a particular job.

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Technology :

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Tools and methods to preform tasks.

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Neolithic Age :

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New stone age

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11
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Humans got to the Americas by …

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By Crossing a land bridge.

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Time of extreme cold when great sheets of ice covered parts of the Earth were the …

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The Ice age.

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13
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Taming an animal for use by humans is called…

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Domestication

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14
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The first Hominins that moved into Asia and Europe were …

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Homoerectus

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15
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Paleolithic people …

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Crafted simple tools such as Axes

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16
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Men in the Neolithic age …

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They herded ,farmed , and protected the village.

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Homo hablis was known as Handy Man because …

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They were the first species to make stone into tools.

18
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Which tools might indicate that people wore clothing ?

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Bone needles and scraping tools.

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What type of tool would a hunter-gatherer most likely have used to clean animal hide ?

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Scraping tools.

20
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Which tools indicate that people hunted animals ?

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Spears ,fishhooks, and Bow and arrows.

21
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What is the Out of Africa theory?

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The theory that human evolution started in Africa.Then humans migrated from Africa to different parts of the world.