Prehistory

Question 1

those who move in search of food

Answer 1

nomads

Question 2

sparse, dry grasslands

Answer 2

steppes

Question 3

spread of ideas, customs, and technologies

Answer 3

cultural diffusion

Question 4

versatile stone kit items

Answer 4

microtools

Question 5

created a theory of evolution

Answer 5

Darwin

Question 6

migrated out of Africa between 100,000 and 200,000 B.C.

Answer 6

homo sapiens sapiens

Question 7

more than is necessary

Answer 7

surpluses

Question 8

may have pumped people out of Africa

Answer 8

Sahara

Question 9

allowed for clothing development

Answer 9

scrapers

Question 10

found 3-million year old “Lucy”

Answer 10

Donald Johanson

Question 11

a political unit which included a city and surrounding land

Answer 11

city-state

Question 12

only tool for over 4 million years

Answer 12

hand ax

Question 13

customs, ideas, and ways of life of a group of people

Answer 13

culture

Question 14

tree ring dating method

Answer 14

dendrochronology

Question 15

a circular area of stone or wood pillars

Answer 15

henge

Question 16

continent of first humans

Answer 16

Africa

Question 17

soil rich in minerals

Answer 17

silt

Question 18

exchanging ones goods or services for another

Answer 18

barter economy

Question 19

refers to levels in a dig (method of dating)

bottom- oldest

Answer 19

statigraphy

Question 20

copper combined with tin

Answer 20

bronze

Question 21

means new stone age

Answer 21

neolithic

Question 22

means old stone age

Answer 22

paleolithic

Question 23

ancient man was found here

Answer 23

Olduvai Gorge

Question 24

a device used to cut grain

Answer 24

sickle

Question 25

study of past peoples and culture through material remains

Answer 25

anthropology

Question 26

anything shaped by humans

Answer 26

artifact

Question 27

it relies on habit, custom, or ritual unlikely to change

Answer 27

traditional economy

Question 28

scholars who write about the historical past

Answer 28

historians

Question 29

idea that the world is full of spirits and invisible forces

Answer 29

animism

Question 30

successful hominid who tamed fire

Answer 30

Homo Erectus

Question 31

evidence of plant or animal life preserved in rock

Answer 31

fossil

Question 32

found ancient remains of mankind

Answer 32

Leakey

Question 33

dating method for living things

Answer 33

Carbon-14 dating

Question 34

likely area of human evolution

Answer 34

Savannah

Question 35

name given to an ancient hominid

Answer 35

Lucy

Question 36

one who can read and write

Answer 36

scribe

Question 37

items compared to one another (method of dating)

oldest- simplest

Answer 37

relative dating

Question 38

dated earth at 4004 B.C.

Answer 38

Bishop of Usher

Question 39

tools and skills that people use to meet their basic needs

Answer 39

technology

Question 40

created by sedentary civilization lifestyle

Answer 40

spare time

Question 41

group of states or territories controlled by one ruler

Answer 41

empire

Question 42

where most civilizations developed

Answer 42

rivers

Question 43

long period before writing

Answer 43

prehistory

Question 44

thick sheets of ice

Answer 44

glaciers