history chapter 1

Question 1

what is the name of the region where the first settlements were located

Answer 1

the fertile crescent

Question 2

around what year did the first settlements appear in the fertile crescent

Answer 2

around 10000 BCE

Question 3

how did housing structures evolve in early settlement?What was the advantage of the later design?

Answer 3

they evolved from round house to rectangular ones, which were easier to divide and enlarge y adding rooms

Question 4

How did population sizes vary in early settlements according to the next?

Answer 4

They ranged from a few hundred to several thousand inhabitants

Question 5

what are the six main aspects of society

Answer 5

social,political,economical,cultural,territorial, scientific

Question 6

what two major periods make up prehistory

Answer 6

The paleolithic period and the neolithic period

Question 7

what period are we in

Answer 7

the late modern

Question 8

what year did the Neolithic period begin

Answer 8

10000 BCE

Question 8

what period were people nomadic

Answer 8

Paleolithic period

Question 9

what major development characterised the beginning of the neolithic period

Answer 9

the start of the sedentary societies

Question 10

what are the activities the inhabitants would do to survive hunt,

Answer 10

hunting,fishing,foraging

Question 11

what are the characteristics of the first human

Answer 11

stood upright,walked on two legs,had larger brains and made tools

Question 12

how was the climate at the beginning of the paleolithic period

Answer 12

hostile

Question 12

around what time are homo sapiens thought to have arrived in Africa

Answer 12

around 300 000 BCE

Question 13

how big were the groups they lived in

Answer 13

they lived in small groups

Question 14

How did the paleolithic people feed themselves (forms of subsidence).

Answer 14

-hunting, fishing, foraging

Question 14

In the Paleolithic period what types of dwellings did they live in?? What kinds? What were they built with?

Answer 14

• temporary
  -tents and huts
  -materials they found in the environment (leaves, stones, wood, animal hides)

Question 15

what type of tools did they use? What were thew tools made of

Answer 15

-spear,rock to work on animal pelts
-wood, stone, bone

Question 16

the paleolithic period were from ____ to ____

Answer 16

paleolithic period was from -300 000 to -10 000

Question 17

how was the climate at the end of the paleolithic period

Answer 17

milder

Question 17

___________ and________ had a major impact on early humans

Answer 17

climate change and abundance of food

Question 18

what were the consequences of prehistoric climate change

Answer 18

temperature,waterways,vegetation,animals

Question 19

livestock were

Answer 19

_ a source of meat and milk
- a source of wool and leather

Question 20

in the neolithical period what did humans start making tools out of

Answer 20

polished stone

Question 21

what led to a division of labour

Answer 21

there was enough food to feed everybody it had been no longer necessary for everyone to work in feilds