World History Unit 1

Question 1

The scholars who study our past using written records and historic art to find the answers

Answer 1

Historians

Question 2

History before written records

Answer 2

Prehistory

Question 3

The study of human history and prehistory through things people made, used, and left behind

Answer 3

Archeology

Question 4

Scientists who study objects made by humans, called Artifacts, to better understand human activity

Answer 4

Archaeologists

Question 5

Tools, instruments, or anything made by humans in past civilizations

Answer 5

Artifacts

Question 6

Scientists who also study artifacts but are more interested in the cultural aspects of human society

Answer 6

Anthropologists

Question 7

The first humanlike creatures

Answer 7

Hominids

Question 8

Thumbs ability to move toward and touch the other fingers of the same hand

Answer 8

Opposable

Question 9

Southern Ape

Answer 9

Australopithecus

Question 10

Able Man

Answer 10

Homo Habilis

Question 11

Upright Man

Answer 11

Homo Erectus

Question 12

Wise Man

Answer 12

Homo Sapiens

Question 13

Wise Wise Human

Answer 13

Homo Sapiens Sapiens

Question 14

The old stone age

Answer 14

Paleolithic Era

Question 15

Person who has no permanent home and travels to find food

Answer 15

Nomad

Question 16

A time of vast movement and long-distance travel for humans

Answer 16

The Great Migration

Question 17

The most recent glacial period, when much of the earth was covered by ice and oceans were frozen over. It lasted about 100,000 years and ended around 10,000 BCE.

Answer 17

The Ice Age

Question 18

A carving or inscription on a rock

Answer 18

Petroglyph

Question 19

What was the great Migration and how long did it take?

Answer 19

The Great Migration was a time when humans traveled from Africa and began to explore every continent except Antarctica. They hunted across the continents and found places with fresh water and fertile lands. The Great Migration took roughly one million years.

Question 20

What are some reasons why early humans made cave paintings?

Answer 20

Early humans used cave paintings to communicate and probably to tell stories and share myths. They also drew hunting strategies and probably used the paintings as part of rituals they hoped would guarantee a good hunt.

Question 21

How do scientists learn about things that happened in prehistory?

Answer 21

Scientists learn about prehistory through artifacts, which are objects such as tools, instruments, buildings, pottery, or anything else made by humans. They use these objects to find clues about prehistoric life.

Question 22

When was the Paleolithic Era?

Answer 22

The Paleolithic era, or old stone age, spanned about 2,500,000 BCE to around 10,000 BCE

Question 23

What effect did the Ice Age have on the planet?

Answer 23

The cold weather of the Ice Age pushed humans toward warmer regions. Also, sea levels were lower. so land bridges connected continents, and humans used these to travel to distant places.

Question 24

What sorts of objects did Paleolithic people make?

Answer 24

Paleolithic people made simple tools, such as hand axes, stone spearheads, bows, arrows, harpoons, bone fishhooks, baskets, rope, statues, and flutes.

Question 25

Staying in one place

Answer 25

Sedentary

Question 26

Crops people would rely on most for food

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Staple crops

Question 27

To tame or adapt for your own use

Answer 27

Domesticate

Question 28

A series of canals built to bring water to the land

Answer 28

Irrigation System

Question 29

More than is needed

Answer 29

Surplus

Question 30

People specializing in different roles within a society

Answer 30

Division of Labor

Question 31

Workers skilled in a particular craft

Answer 31

Artisans

Question 32

To exchange one good for another

Answer 32

Barter

Question 33

Groups of families who live together

Answer 33

Clans/tribes

Question 34

Kings & Queens

Answer 34

Monarchs

Question 35

Belief that the right to rule comes directly from God, not from the consent of the people

Answer 35

Divine Right

Question 36

god, goddess, or divine being

Answer 36

Deity

Question 37

People owned as though they were property

Answer 37

Slaves

Question 38

Society organized around a centralized government, a means of food production, a system of writing, art and architecture, and job specialization

Answer 38

Civilization

Question 39

Passing down information from generation to generation through spoken word and memorization instead of by writing it down

Answer 39

Oral Tradition

Question 40

Why did people abandon their nomadic lifestyle during the Neolithic era?

Answer 40

People stopped being nomadic because they developed systematic agriculture. During the Neolithic era, people began farming and could settle down in one place rather than chase animals for food.

Question 41

What new farming techniques did the Neolithic people use?

Answer 41

People began picking and choosing the seeds from the biggest, best plants and planting only those in order to grow even bigger crops (this is called the domestication of plants). Farmers also used an irrigation system to control the flow of water to different areas of land by using canals.

Question 42

What do we mean when we say "division of labor"?

Answer 42

Division of labor means that tasks in a society are performed by separate groups.

Question 43

Give an example of bartering.

Answer 43

An example of bartering is trading a woven basket for an iron pot.

Question 44

What was the role of monarchs in these new societies?

Answer 44

Monarchs were the new leaders of towns and cities. They used laws to keep order, and many claimed to have power based on "divine right."

Question 45

How did having leisure time advance civilizations?

Answer 45

Leisure time advanced civilizations because people had time to explore ideas and be creative.

Question 46

What is a surplus, and why was it so important for the development of civilizations?

Answer 46

A surplus is an excess of food, and it is important because that is what created leisure time. It also meant that populations could expand and that people did not have to follow a herd for food anymore.

Question 47

Where were the first civilizations mostly found?

Answer 47

The first civilizations were mostly found around Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Indus Valley, China, and Central America.