social study unit 1

Question 1

what kind of evidence do archeologists uncover

Answer 1

artifacts & fossils

Question 2

what are Artifacts

Answer 2

human made objects such as stone tools

Question 3

what is a migration

Answer 3

a movement of people from one place to another

Question 4

what are land bridges

Answer 4

a strip of land connecting two landmasses

Question 5

what is the Paleolithic Age

Answer 5

a period of time that started around 2.5 B.C. and ended around 8,000 A.C.

Question 6

what are megafauna

Answer 6

large animals in a particular region

Question 7

what are culture

Answer 7

a groups way of life

Question 8

4 ways that artifacts revealed the culture of homo sapiens

Answer 8

1.speech
2. cave paintings
3. buried their dead
4. made and used tools

Question 9

what led some of the Paleolithic people migrate from their home town in East Africa

Answer 9

Because of environmental changes.

Question 10

where did some of the Paleolithic people migrate from their home town in East Africa

Answer 10

to Sahara and then into the wider world

Question 11

what do cave paintings reveal about Paleolithic people

Answer 11

creativity and artistic talent

Question 12

what does the Laux cave highlight

Answer 12

Animals

Question 13

what does the Australian Kakadu cave highlight

Answer 13

Spiritual beliefs

Question 14

what does the Sahara cave highlight

Answer 14

wild life & grasslands

Question 15

what are fossils

Answer 15

remains, such as bones and teeth of old organisms

Question 16

primary source

Answer 16

a source written by someone who lived and experienced what happened during that period of time

Question 17

secondary source

Answer 17

it’s written by someone who didn’t lived and experienced what happened during that period of time

Question 18

oral history

Answer 18

Unwritten account of events often spread in songs, and stories.

Question 19

Paleolithic age

Answer 19

old stone age
basic tools
Megafauna
ice age
nomad & hunter gatherer
fire

Question 20

Neolithic age

Answer 20

new stone age
Agriculture
domesticated animals&plants
settled in villages
advanced tools
1000 BC - 8000 BC
warmer climate

Question 21

fertile

Answer 21

Soil encourages the growth of crops and plants

Question 22

Hunter-Gatherer

Answer 22

Hunts animals and gathers wild plants to eat

Question 23

Nomads

Answer 23

People who move from one place to another.

Question 24

Domestication

Answer 24

in time people learned to raise other plants and animals, making them useful for humans.

Question 25

Agriculture

Answer 25

The practice of growing animals and plants