A History of World Societies: Chapter 1
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Hominid - ANSWER-Family that humans were placed in because they shared many
features with great apes
Stone Age - ANSWER-Earliest human era
Paleolithic era - ANSWER-Time period when people used stone, bone, and other
natural products to make tools and gain food by foraging
Foraging - ANSWER-Gathering of plant products, trapping or catching small animals or
birds, and hunting larger prey
Neolithic era - ANSWER-Time period that saw the beginning of agricultural and animal
domestication
New Stone Age - ANSWER-Another name for the Neolithic era
Holocene epoch - ANSWER-The last twelve thousand years
Pleistocene - ANSWER-Time period that began about 2.5 million years ago
What was the Pleistocene marked by? - ANSWER-Repeated advances in glaciers and
continental ice sheets
When did a group of humans in East Africa begin to walk upright? - ANSWER-Between
6 and 7 million years ago
, Ardipithecus - ANSWER-Genus that indicates a combination of two-limbed movement
on land and four-limbed movement in trees
Australopithecus - ANSWER-Earliest fully bipedal hominids
When did a group of Australopithecines begin to use simple tools? - ANSWER-2.5
million years ago
What is the meaning of Homo habilis - ANSWER-handy human
Homo habilis - ANSWER-Group that made sharpened stone pieces, and used them for
various tasks
Home erectus - ANSWER-Species in East Africa that made slightly specialized tools,
lived in large groups, engaged in social gatherings
Migration to Northern Africa - ANSWER-One activity that Homo erectus carried out most
successfully
Place that Homo erectus reached at least 800,000 years ago - ANSWER-spain
Germany - ANSWER-Place that Homo erectus reached by 500,000 years ago
Places that Homo erectus lived in included... - ANSWER-Open, caves, and simple
shelters
Place that Homo erectus reached as early as 1.8 million years ago - ANSWER-Asia
What is the meaning of Homo sapiens? - ANSWER-thinking human
Main trait of Homo sapiens - ANSWER-larger brain
What were individuals who had better social skills more likely to do? - ANSWER-mate
What did Homo sapiens' brains invent? - ANSWER-highly specialized tools
Which species' tools did Homo sapiens improve? - ANSWER-homo erectus
exam with complete solutions
Hominid - ANSWER-Family that humans were placed in because they shared many
features with great apes
Stone Age - ANSWER-Earliest human era
Paleolithic era - ANSWER-Time period when people used stone, bone, and other
natural products to make tools and gain food by foraging
Foraging - ANSWER-Gathering of plant products, trapping or catching small animals or
birds, and hunting larger prey
Neolithic era - ANSWER-Time period that saw the beginning of agricultural and animal
domestication
New Stone Age - ANSWER-Another name for the Neolithic era
Holocene epoch - ANSWER-The last twelve thousand years
Pleistocene - ANSWER-Time period that began about 2.5 million years ago
What was the Pleistocene marked by? - ANSWER-Repeated advances in glaciers and
continental ice sheets
When did a group of humans in East Africa begin to walk upright? - ANSWER-Between
6 and 7 million years ago
, Ardipithecus - ANSWER-Genus that indicates a combination of two-limbed movement
on land and four-limbed movement in trees
Australopithecus - ANSWER-Earliest fully bipedal hominids
When did a group of Australopithecines begin to use simple tools? - ANSWER-2.5
million years ago
What is the meaning of Homo habilis - ANSWER-handy human
Homo habilis - ANSWER-Group that made sharpened stone pieces, and used them for
various tasks
Home erectus - ANSWER-Species in East Africa that made slightly specialized tools,
lived in large groups, engaged in social gatherings
Migration to Northern Africa - ANSWER-One activity that Homo erectus carried out most
successfully
Place that Homo erectus reached at least 800,000 years ago - ANSWER-spain
Germany - ANSWER-Place that Homo erectus reached by 500,000 years ago
Places that Homo erectus lived in included... - ANSWER-Open, caves, and simple
shelters
Place that Homo erectus reached as early as 1.8 million years ago - ANSWER-Asia
What is the meaning of Homo sapiens? - ANSWER-thinking human
Main trait of Homo sapiens - ANSWER-larger brain
What were individuals who had better social skills more likely to do? - ANSWER-mate
What did Homo sapiens' brains invent? - ANSWER-highly specialized tools
Which species' tools did Homo sapiens improve? - ANSWER-homo erectus
