final one-time periods

Question 1

mesozoic

Answer 1

cretaceous, 136 MA rise of angiosperms, disappearance of Dinos

Question 2

Cenozoic

Answer 2

66MA warming and gradual cooling

Question 3

paleocene (cenozoic)

Answer 3

66ma followed extinction of dinosaurs

Question 4

miocene (cenozoic)

Answer 4

sea levels drop global cooling, 23ma

Question 5

pliocene(cenozoic)

Answer 5

5ma temp declines climate fluctuations increase

Question 6

pleistocene(cenozoic)

Answer 6

2.6 ma, appearance of Homo sapiens ; “ice age”

Question 7

upper/late pleistocene

Answer 7

retreat of glaciers, global warming

Question 8

middle pleistocene

Answer 8

homoerectus, tool making advancements, lower glacial cycles.

Question 9

initial upper Paleolithic (Europe)

Answer 9

50 ka and 45ka, western eurasian tool industries (found Israel and southern turkey) thought to be Brought by immigrants

Question 10

upper Paleolithic

Answer 10

45ka-10ka in Europe, Northern Africa, and parts of Asia, tool kits dominated by blades

Question 11

middle Stone Age (Africa MSA)

Answer 11

Stone tool industries of sub-Saharan Africa and southern and Eastern Asia that existed 250 ka to 40 aka. counter part to middle Paleolithic. Flake tools.