Social Studies - Chapter 2 - Stone Ages - Test 9/10/13

Question 1

What is a society?

Answer 1

a community of people who share a common culture

Question 2

Complete the Venn diagram below showing the roles of men and women in the hunter gatherer society.

Name 5 roles for the shaded area.

Answer 2

1. ) cooked food
2. ) took care of children
3. ) made fire
4. ) picked fruits
5. ) made clothes

Question 3

Besides language, what was another way Stone Age people communicated?

Answer 3

Stone Age people also used art to communicate.

Question 3

Name 3 types of tools of the Mesolithic Era.

Answer 3

1. ) axes
2. ) hooks
3. ) fishing spears

Question 4

What did societies develop?

Answer 4

Societies developed cultures with languages, religions, and art.

Question 5

When was the Mesolithic Era (middle age)?

Answer 5

more than 10,000 years ago

Question 6

Who was the Iceman?

Answer 6

The Iceman was a stone age traveler who was mummified and found by hikers in the snowy tztal Alps of Italy in 1991. (scientists nicknamed him tzi after his location)

Question 8

Name 5 items that summarize the following topic on Agriculture:

plants

Answer 8

1. ) Warming trend caused plants to begin to grow.
2. ) People learned to settle where grains grew.
3. ) People from southwest Asia began to plant food.
4. ) Domestication - making plants and animals useful
5. ) Development of agriculture - to produce their own food

Question 9

Do you live in a society? Explain.

Answer 9

Yes, because we share languages.

Question 10

Complete the Venn diagram below showing the roles of men and women in the hunter gatherer society.

Name 1 role for the shaded area.

Answer 10

gathered food

Question 11

Why do some doctors today use obsidian stone tools, like their ancestors, when operating?

Answer 11

The blades are more precise than modern scalpels and they leave “nicer-looking” scars.

Question 11

Thought question:

Why would hunting in groups be better than hunting alone during the Stone Age?

Answer 11

It is easier to kill large prey when hunting in groups.

Question 12

What was the most important development of early Stone Age culture?

Answer 12

language

Question 13

Name 4 items that summarize the following topic on Agriculture:

farming changing society

Answer 13

1. ) people began to create permanent settlements (like Bossier City)
2. ) controlling food help population grow into communities.
3. ) Megalith - huge stones used as monuments or religious gatherings
4. ) Gods and Goddesses were associated with earth, wind, fire, and earth or animals.

Question 15

Why is the Iceman important?

Answer 15

The Iceman (tzi) was the oldest mummified human ever found in a well preserved condition which was able to tell scientists more about the Stone Age (nearly 5,300 years “young”)

Question 16

Name 3 items that summarize the following topic on Agriculture:

anmials

Answer 16

1. ) did not have to hunt animals
2. ) keep animals like sheep for wool and milk
3. ) large animals were used for work - like ox pulling a plow

Question 17

What is a hunter-gatherer?

Answer 17

people who hunt animals and gather wild plants, seeds, fruits, and nuts to survive

Question 18

Complete the Venn diagram below showing the roles of men and women in the hunter gatherer society.

Name 4 roles for the shaded area.

Answer 18

1. ) hunted
2. ) got shelter
3. ) painted
4. ) looked for water