Early Humans and Agricultural Revolution Study Guide

Match the vocabulary word to the definition

• A strip of land caused by low sea levels during the last Ice Age

• Bronze Age

• The period of human culture when people began to make and use bronze

• Specialization

• An ability gained by the practical use of knowledge

• Land Bridge

• The act of training for a particular job

• Technology

• To adapt an animal to live with humans for the advantage of humans

• Domesticate

"emerged in new civilizations to help people explain their lives. For example, they helped explain the forces of nature and the role of humans in the world."

Which characteristic is described?

• religion

• government

• writing systems

• social structure

Based on the information in the chart, Neolithic people

• made cave paintings of animals

• built homes made of mud-bricks

• made simple tools and shelters

• had men who hunted

Using the diagram, which of the following belongs in the intersection of the two circles shared by both groups?

• men and women has different jobs

• traveled from place to place searching for food

• lived in cities

• planted corn

Which class would a painter be in?

• Higher Class

• Middle Calss

• Lowest Class

According to the Stone Age Tools chart, what was the purpose of the end scraper?

• used for hunting large marine animals like whales

• used for hunting large land animals like mammoths

• used for scraping fur from animal hides, wood, or bones.

• shredding plant fibers and making holes in leather.

What do we call it when we tame an animal, like a dog, to be used by humans?

• domestication

• specialization

• technology

• civilization

Based on this picture, what inference can you make about the people of the Paleolithic Age?

• They used swords to hunt.

• They teamed to hunt a single animal.

• They farmed for food.

• created new technology to hunt

If you have a food surplus,

• You need to find more food now.

• You have just enough food.

• You need to go shopping

• You have more food than you need.

What might be the cause for early problems?

• population growth

• climate change

• moving from place to place

• new technology