Midterm Review: Chapter 1 Flashcards
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When/where did hominids first emerge?
5-7million years ago in East Africa
What is not a Characteristic of the Paleolithic period?
Agriculture
What was the earliest and Longest period of civilization?
The Paleolithic period
What is not true about hominids?
Most early hominids survived and evolved into modern-day humans
When was the Paleolithic period?
2,000,000 B.C.E. Until 10,000 B.C.E.
What is the other name for the Paleolithic Age?
The Old Stone Age
When was the Neolithic time period?
10,000 B.C.E. to 3,000 B.C.E.
Paleolithic Period
The period of the earliest and longest stage of human cultural development, lasting from approximately 2,000,000 B.C.E. Until about 10,000 B.C.E.; also known as the Old Stone Age
Neolithic
The period between 10,000 and 3,000 B.C.E., during which people developed better tools, domesticated plants and animals, cultivated crops, herded livestock, and a stablished permanent settlements; also known as the New Stone Age or the Agricultural Revolution
Great Ice Age
An immense stretch of time (roughly 2,000,000 BCE to 8,000 BCE) marked by frigid glacial stages when enormous ice masses called glaciers spread across much of the globe
What is another name for the great ice age?
The Pleistocene epoch
Foragers
Those who subsist by gathering wild plant foods and hunting wild animals
Neanderthals
A group of large-brained hominids whose remains were first discovered in 1856 in Germany’s Neander valley, existed from roughly 200,000 to 30,000 years ago
Are Homo Sapiens descended from Neanderthals?
No
What was the impact of the great Ice Age on human development?
Humans spread throughout the globe and developed new skills
Which continent on earth was uninhibited 1,000 years ago?
Antarctica
What ancestry do we all share?
We all have African ancestry
What are the physical characteristics of humans living farther from the equator compared to those of humans living closer to the equator?
People farther from the equator have lighter skin and more hair;
People closer to the equator have darker skin and less hair
Which was not an accomplishment of the Paleolithic period?
Writing and sculpting were NOT accomplishments of the Paleolithic period
What was the defining characteristic if the Neolithic time period?
Agriculture
Name an innovation that accompanied the advent of farming:
The herding of animals
What food is common among all early agriculture?
Grain
Why did farming lead to larger populations?
Because farming supplied people with enough food to support larger families
In which continent was farming NOT accompanied by herding?
North America
