History Exam Review - Prehistoric People

Homo sapiens

"Wise Man"

society

A community of people who share a common culture

Ancestor

A relative who lived in the past

Hominid

An early ancestor of humans

Civilization is a developed knowledge of farming, trade, government and science.

False

There was non need for clothing or shelter because fire kept people warm

False - Fire helped them to stay dry and warm but they still needed clothes.

Early people learned about fire by rubbing two sticks together.

False - Natural causes

The oldest shaped stones were found in Mesopotamia

False - Tanzania

Which development of early people made it possible for them to settle in one place and develop a village?

Food Production (farming)

Why is the study of ancient bones important?

It gives us information about our human ancestors

Homo erectus

Man who walks upright"

Mesolithic

Middle Stone Age

Neolithic

New Stone Age

Paleolithic

Old Stone Age

Mary Leakey

She found early hominid bones in Tanzania

Lucy

Skeleton found in Ethiopia named after a popular beatles song.

Civilization

Society with a developed knowledge of farming, trade, government and science

What effect did the invention of tools have on early humans?

They increased chances of survival

Human populations grew once people were able to control their own food production.

Ture

In response to climate changees, people began to migrate to new places

Ture

Donald Johanson

anthropologist who searched for fossils in Ethiopia; found the skeleton of Lucy

Flint

easy to shape mineral used to make very sharp tools

Ice Age

long periods of freezing weather

The development of farming brought all the following changes to the lives and early humans except:

the first man-made shelters

Which statement BEST defines the Neolithic Revolution?

the shift from food gathering to food producing.

Prehistory

time before humans invented writing

Distribute

to divide among a group of people

Migrate

to move to a new place