Early Cultures

Some scholars believed early people worshipped their

__________________or relatives from long ago.

• family

• parents

• ancestors

People in early religious groups believed in gods and goddesses associated with

the _____________—air, water, fire, and earth.

• spheres

• elements

• rain

After the Middle Stone Age came the _______________Era, or New

Stone Age.

• Paleolithic

• Mesolithic

• Neolithic

• Preolithic

The development of agriculture , or farming, changed human

society forever.

• False

• True

Toolmakers in southwest Asia and Egypt began to make tools out of

______________.

• iron

• copper

• metal

In some areas, farming communities developed into ____________.

• cities

• towns

• countries

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

production.

• True

• False

Some people learned to ___________animals in order to have meat

and milk without following wild herds.

• domesticate

• reproduce

• grow

Megaliths are huge stones used as monuments or as the sites for

religious gatherings.

• true

• false

With ______________more certain, people could focus on activities

other than finding food.

• food

• survival

• life