World History Ch 1-3 Study Guide/Test Review

What is anthropology the study of?

• human life and culture

• past societies through analysis of what people left behind.

• animal fossils

• ancient reptiles and insects

Where do scientists believe is the ‘cradle of humankind’?

• Egypt

• Arabia

• Africa

• North America

What is defined as the study of past societies through an analysis of what people have left behind?

• Archaeology

• Anthropology

• Paleology

• Pedogogy

Scientists believe this was an early humanlike creature that walked upright

• Cave men

• Neanderthals

• Hominids

• Homo Sapiens Sapiens

The best way to describe Paleolithic peoples and their way of life is to use this term as to how they acquired their food.

• settled farmers

• warring and stealing food from others

• nomadic hunters and gatherers

• isolated and settled

Characteristics or traits of civilization

• use of fire, the wheel, hunting and gathering, war, shelters

• cities, government, religion, social structure, writing and art

• tools, weapons, oral stories, isolated, nomadic, trade

• trade, travel, markets, laws, armies, no religion

Other names for the Neolithic Age

• Age of Dinosoars or Fire Age

• Paleolithic Age or Stone Age

• Old Stone Age or Ice Age

• New Stone Age or Age of Agriculture

The most important aspect of the Neolithic Revolution was their ability to obtai food in a new way which meant they

• became settled in one place.

• must hunt and gather for food,

• must continue a nomadic lifestyle.

• must follow the herds of animals.

The ______________ caused many social changes, including the settling of people into villages, the rise of different occupations in society, and the roles of men and women.

• Paleolithic Revolution

• Old Stone Age

• Neolithic Revolution

• use of fire

What led men to play a more dominant role in Neolithic society?

• They were out hunting and away from home.

• They were away in war

• They were recquired to teach religion to their families.

• They produced food and protected the settlement.