History Flashcards
How many toes total did eohippus have?
14
Source: Equine Science, Griffiths, p. 11
List three of the five ancestral forms of the horse?
Eohippus, Mesohippus, Merchippus, Pliohippus, Equus
Source: Equine Science, Griffiths, p. 11
Who was the Austrian monk to first work out the principles of how genetic material is transmitted from one generation to the next?
Gregor Mendel
Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 447
Name the evolutionary stage of the horse that produced the first one-toed horse.
Pliohippus
Source: Horses and Horsemanship, Ensminger, p. 3 / Equine Science, Griffiths, p. 11
Man had made various uses of the horse throughout the ages. The horse was hunted by Paleolithic man for what purpose?
Food
Source: Equine Science, Griffiths, p. 12 / Horses and Horsemanship, Ensminger, p. 8
Which national army had the greatest number of horses in use during World War II?
Russia
Source: Horses and Horsemanship, Ensminger, p. 14
What was the horse first used for?
A war machine
Source: Horse Science (National 4-H Council), p. 4
In what year did quarter horse registration begin?
1940
Source: Horses and Horsemanship, Ensminger, p. 138
What was the primary use of the “Chickasaw” horse by the East Coast Indians?
Pack animals
Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 8
Name the 2 famous U.S. statesmen who were instrumental in introducing and breeding mules in this country.
George Washington, Henry Clay
Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 77
By what year had the domestication of the horse spread to almost every part of Europe, Asia, and North Africa?
1000 B.C.
Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 6
What proof do we have of what ancient horses were like?
Fossils
Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 4
What was the first war machine?
The horse
Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 6 / Horse Science (National 4-H Council), p. 4
When were horses introduced to the Olympic games?
1450 B.C.
Source: Horses and Horsemanship, Ensminger, p. 10
What are the five major stages of the horse as it evolved?
Eohippus, Mesohippus, Merychippus, Pliohippus, Equus
Source: Equine Science, Griffiths, p. 9-10