Dawn of Man Review

Nomadic means to

• Sleep in tents
• Move around frequently
• Stay in one place

Which was true of food-gathering societies in prehistoric times?

• Society was highly industrialized.

• The population tended to be small.

• There was mass production of food and goods.

• The concept of private property was important.

Early peoples who moved frequently as they searched for the food they needed for survival are called ____.

• hunters and gatherers

• village dwellers

• union members

• subsistence farmers

At the end of the last ice age, as glaciers retreated in northern Europe, what caused people to move north into the areas uncovered by the ice sheets?

• They were escaping from floods in the south.

• They were fleeing from invaders living in the east.

• They were searching for better farmland and resources.

• They were following animal herds to hunt.

What did the hunters and gatherers have to develop before they could effectively work together? 

• tools 
• language 
• fire
• domestication of animals

In the Paleolithic Era, people moved place to place in search of food. These people can be called...? Choose all that apply.

• Hunters & Gatherers

• Nomads

• Farmers

• Wanderers

1.  What did the Neolithic Revolution bring about?

• a.  Storms
• a.  Drought
• a.  Agriculture

One Way that farming changed the way people lived was____________________.

• They no longer were nomads
• Life expectancy was shorter
• They had to move around to new farms

During the Neolithic Revolution

• People learned to grow food
• People migrated to find food
• People were nomadic

Why did populations explode in the Neolithic Era?

• access to more reliable food

• good farmers

• economic prosperity

• not enough hospitals