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WorksheetsPrehistory and Early Humans Study Guide
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 27mins
Vocab: the large-scale shift from hunting/gathering to farming, which allowed humans to produce large quantities of food
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Vocab: the time period before written records
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Vocab: The New Stone Age from about 8000 to 3000 B.C.E. that is associated with the shift from hunting and gathering to agriculture
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Vocab: period of time where humans invented and primarily used stone tools
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Vocab: planting foods and breeding animals that are useful for humans
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Vocab: Scientists that study humans and their development, including human culture and human behavior
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Vocab: a handheld object that is designed to help complete a specific task
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Vocab: the exchange of goods and services
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Vocab: people who study the past by examining objects that people have left behind
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Vocab: People or groups without a permanent home who move from place to place
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Vocab: the process of farming
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Vocab: an object made or used by people in the past
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Vocab: the first period of the Stone Age (Old Stone Age) from about 2 million years ago to around 8000 B.C.E.
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Vocab: special action(s) done the same way each time, usually for religious, cultural, or important life events
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Vocab: movement from one location to another to establish a new permanent settlement
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Why is it difficult for historians to know exact dates and facts about the Stone Age?
The cave paintings aren't clear enough for historians to understand.
Most of the artifacts are broken.
There are no written records about the Stone Age.
It's not; everything historians say about the Stone Age is correct.
Match the following.
people who study artifacts
archaeologists
people who study human behavior, development, and culture
anthropologists
people who study rocks, minerals, and soil
geologists
people who study geographic features
geographers
What were early humans able to do in each era?
Lived as hunter-gatherers
Controlled fire
Developed language
Learned to farm using seeds
Formed communities
Domesticated plants and animals
Around what year was writing invented?
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Where do scientists believe humans first originated?
Asia
North America
Australia
Africa
Which age lasted the longest?
Paleolithic Age
Neolithic Age
Which animal was NOT domesticated by early humans?
deer
pigs
cows
sheep
Stop following animal herds
Grow food in one place
Build permanent homes
Increase in world population
More jobs
Social inequality
Infectious disease
Conflict over land rights
Increase in predators
Decrease in creation of tools
Glaciers trapped water in ice
Ötzi was
a new breed of domesticated cows
one of the oldest mummies in world history
the first fruit planted by early humans
the country early humans were first found in
Match the following! Which area was growing which food during the Agricultural Revolution?
Africa
sorghum
East Asia
rice
North America
squash and maize
Southwest Asia
wheat and barley
South America
beans and potatoes
