Chapter 1 Study Guide The Beginnings of Human Society

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1 Notebook Number 1 Mr. Graver Old World Cultures Name Period Chapter 1 Study Guide The Beginnings of Human Society Whew! We ve been to the Stone Age and back again! By now, your brain is packed with information about Neanderthals, Cro-Magnons, farming, civilizations, archaeology, and Stonehenge! If you study this Study Guide, you re brain will be filled with even more stuff And you ll be ready for the test! Good luck! There will be 20 MULTIPLE CHOICE questions on the test! 1. On what continent did humans probably originate? 2. What does GOVERNMENT do for people? 3. What term means having more than you need? 4. What two metals are mixed together to make BRONZE? 5. What are three things that get traded between groups of people when they come in contact with each other? 6. What was first discovered in Germany in the Neander Valley? 7. What common term do we use for HOMO SAPIENS? 8. What do Cro-Magnon CAVE DRAWINGS tell us about these people?

2 2 9. How long have people had the ability to WRITE? 10. Why was FIRE so important to people who lived during the Stone Age? 11. What animals were probably the first to be DOMESTICATED? 12. What do we call the hardened remains of plants and animals? 13. What do we call soil that is rich in the substances that plants need to grow? 14. What do people do to IRRIGATE land? 15. Even though farming is harder than hunting and gathering, why do people farm? 16. How are cities different from villages? 17. How may have the Cro-Magnons replaced the Neanderthals? (3 ways!) 18. What metal is very durable and long lasting? 19. What groups of people are usually in a civilization s UPPER CLASS?

3 3 20. What important discovery was first made during the NEW STONE AGE? There will be 15 TRUE / FALSE questions on the test! 21. Why isn t RADIOCARBON DATING completely accurate? 22. What did the people of the Old Stone Age do to obtain food? 23. Why was family life important to Neanderthals? 24. Which time period is longer: HISTORY or PRE- HISTORY? 25. What happens to ORAL TRADITIONS when they are told and re-told? 26. Are Neanderthals considered Human Beings? 27. What is an ARTIFACT? What are some examples? 28. Usually, the deeper an artifact is buried in the earth, the younger/older (circle) it is. 29. What usually happens to the population when people have more food than they need?

4 4 30. Who probably discovered how to farm: Men or Women? 31. What did Cro-Magnon homes look like? 32. Farming gives people extra to do other things because they don t have to move from place to place in search of food. 33. How did Neanderthals look and walk? 34. How do we know Neanderthals cared about each other? 35. How did Neanderthals make their clothing? There will be 10 MATCHING questions on the test! 36. What do we call the study of the earth s surface and the processes that shape it? 37. What do we call groups of people who have similar backgrounds, incomes, and ways of living? 38. What is PRE-HISTORY? 39. What do we call people who move from place to place in search of food? 40. What is a CIVILIZATION?

5 5 41. What do we call a scientist who examines objects to learn about past peoples and cultures? 42. What are ORAL TRADITIONS? 43. is when people adapt wild plants for human use. They pick the seeds from the best tasting and biggest wild plants. 44. What do archaeologists use to determine how old once living things are? 45. Define STONE AGE -