lesson 2 Flashcards
Organized government, law and warfare, as well as the beginnings of religion, came into play during the _______ Age.
bronze
The prehistoric age covers the millions of years that took place after human beings began to create written records of their life and of the world in which they lived. true or false
false
The term Neolithic or New Stone Age is most frequently used in connection with agriculture, which is the time when cereal cultivation and animal domestication was introduced.
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true
Mesolithic hunter-gatherers moved seasonally, following animal migrations and plant changes.
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true
During the Iron age, with the large-scale production of iron implements came new patterns of more permanent settlement.
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true
During Neolithic period, boats and canoes were built, and the first roads called wooden trackways were built to safely cross wetlands.
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false
Towards the end of the Neolithic era, copper metallurgy is introduced, which marks a transition period to the Iron Age.
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false
Agriculture, art and religion all became more sophisticated, and writing systems and written documentation, including alphabets, began to emerge, ushering in the Late Historical Period.
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false
Throughout the Paleolithic, humans were food gatherers, depending for their subsistence on hunting wild animals and birds, fishing, and collecting wild fruits, nuts, and berries.
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true
The Stone Age is usually divided into three separate (chronological) periods—________, _____, and ___________—based on the degree of sophistication in the fashioning and use of tools.
Paleolithic Period, Mesolithic Period, and Neolithic Period
Major changes during Neolithic Age were introduced by agriculture, affecting the way human society was organized and how it used the earth, including forest clearance, root crops, and cereal cultivation that can be stored for long periods of time, along with the development of new technologies for farming and herding such as plows, irrigation systems, etc.
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true
Prehistory is the period which has records of human activities, civilization, using of stone tools.
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true
During the Mesolithic, humans learned to hunt in groups and to fish and began to learn how to domesticate animals and plants.
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true
Archaeologists suggest that the violence arose towards the end of the Mesolithic because of social pressure resulting from competition for resources, as Neolithic farmers vied with hunter-gatherers over rights to land.
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true
Stone Age, prehistoric cultural stage, or level of human development, characterized by the creation and use of stone tools.
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true
