Download Early Humans and Neolithic Revolution Homework

Early Humans Name______________________________________________________ Date_______________ Period______ Directions: Read pages 4 to 11 in the World History book and answer the questions as you read. 1. Define “prehistory.” 2. What is archeology? 3. What is anthropology? 4. Why do archeologists and anthropologists have to study artifacts to learn about early people? 5. What are 2 methods that archeologists and anthropologists use to determine how old objects are? 6. What is a hominid? 7. Why are hominids important in the study of human history? 8. What is the “out-­‐of-­‐Africa” (or replacement) theory? 9. When was the Paleolithic Age (years)? 10. What tools did humans use during the Paleolithic Age? 11. During this period, how did humans get their food? 12. What does nomad mean? 13. What were the roles of men and women? 14. Where did people find shelter in the Paleolithic Age? 15. What important tool did people use to warm and protect themselves? 16. What type of art did Paleolithic people create? 17. You just read about early humans. In the chart below, list the tools that they used and the effect each had on early humans. Tool Effect Neolithic Revolution Name______________________________________________________ Date_______________ Period______ Directions: Read pages 14 to 19 in the World History book and answer the questions as you read. 1. When was the Neolithic Revolution? 2. What was the real change in the Neolithic Revolution? 3. What is systematic agriculture? 4. How did humans live before the Neolithic Revolution? 5. What is domestication and what affect did it have? 6. Why do you think that most historians think that the Neolithic Revolution was the most important development in human history? 7. Because there was enough food, humans were able to do what? 8. What were some of the earliest crops and animals domesticated? 9. What was the result of growing crops on a regular bases? 10. How did having a food surplus change people? 11. What type if economic system started to form in the new settlements? 12. What were the effects of the Neolithic Revolution? 4 or 5 effects 13. What were the results of the new gender roles? New Gender Role Men became active in farming & herding Results 1. 2. 3. Women stayed behind in the settlements 1. 2. 14. When was the Bronze Age and why is it called that? 15. When did the Iron Age start & why is it called that? 16. When humans settled in permanent villages, their culture became more complex. What did these cultures develop into? 17. What is a civilization? 18. What are six of the characteristics of civilizations? 19. Fill in the chart with info about the 6 characteristics of civilizations Characteristic What and/or Impact 20. Identify these six characteristics in our civilization (US today). 21. How did agriculture allow people to live in large cities? 22. Why did governments develop? 23. List the levels of the new social structures from top to bottom. 24. How was writing important?