Chapter 2 Study Guide

​Chapter 2 Study Review

By Christine Pelzer

Match

Match the Vocabulary Term to the Correct Definition

• Domestication

• Prehistory

• Agriculture

• Migrate

• Homo Erectus

Making plants or animals more useful

The time before writing

Farming

To move

"Upright Man"

• Making plants or animals more useful

• The time before writing

• Farming

• To move

• "Upright Man"

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A ____ ______ is a strip of land connecting two continents.

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An ________ is a relative who lived in the past.

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The shift from food gathering to farming is called the _________ __________.

Categorize

Options (9)

Humans hunted and gathered plants

Learned to use fire, use simple tools, develop language

Lived in caves or temporary shelters

Humans made pottery and cave paintings

Tools became smaller and more complex

Began storing food for later use

Humans began farming in villages and raising animals

Built permanent mud-brick houses

People had specialized jobs

Organize the Events into the Correct Stone Age Era

Paleolithic Era

Mesolithic Era

Neolithic Era

Multiple Choice

Why is the study of ancient bones important to us today?

• The study of ancient bones gives us information about our human ancestors.

• Ancient bones are the only source of information about early peoples for archeologists.

• Ancient bones help develop better forms of agriculture.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements best summarizes why people learned how to make clothes and build shelters after migrating out of Africa?

• They needed to trade cloth with other merchants

• They needed more protection to survive in colder areas

• They needed less protection to survive in colder areas

Multiple Choice

What effect did farming have on people in the Stone Age?

• It allowed them to build permanent homes and stay in one place.

• It allowed them to paint caves.

• It allowed them to hunt for animals.

Multiple Choice

People in the New Stone Age had a different relationship to plants and animals due primarily to...

• Climate changes and human inventions.

• migration patterns

• religious beliefs and fire control

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements best summarizes the relationship between farming and the growth of towns?

• Farming held back developments in the arts.

• The development of farming helped establish permanent settlements.

• The development of farming led to more hunter-gatherer groups.

Drag and Drop

Paleolithic Era ​

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Neolithic Stone Age ​

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Mesolithic Era ​

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Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

1 Old Stone Age

2 Middle Stone Age

3 New Stone Age