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The‌‌Stone‌‌Age‌‌and‌‌Early‌‌Cultures‌ ‌
Study‌‌Guide‌ ‌
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1. The‌‌time‌‌period‌‌before‌‌there‌‌was‌‌writing‌‌is‌‌called‌‌______‌prehistory‌___________.‌ ‌
2. An‌‌early‌‌ancestor‌‌of‌‌humans‌‌is‌‌a‌‌____‌hominid‌______________.‌ ‌
3. An‌‌____‌ancestor‌___________‌‌is‌‌a‌‌relative‌‌who‌‌lived‌‌in‌‌the‌‌past.‌
4. An‌‌early‌‌hominid‌‌also‌‌known‌‌as‌‌a‌‌_____‌australopithecus‌________or‌‌“southern‌‌ape”‌‌
who‌‌lived‌‌over‌‌3‌‌million‌‌years‌‌ago‌‌is‌‌named‌‌___‌Lucy‌_____.‌ ‌
5. Louis‌‌Leakey‌‌found‌‌hominid‌‌remains‌‌he‌‌called‌‌___‌Homo‌____‌‌__‌habilis‌_______‌‌or‌‌
“handy‌‌man.”‌ ‌
6. A‌‌group‌‌of‌‌hominids‌‌appeared‌‌in‌‌Africa‌‌about‌‌1.5‌‌million‌‌years‌‌ago‌‌___‌Homo‌_____‌‌
___‌erectus‌______‌‌or‌‌“upright‌‌man.”‌ ‌
7. The‌‌type‌‌of‌‌hominid‌‌that‌‌humans‌‌today‌‌belong‌‌to‌‌is‌‌___‌Homo‌____‌ ‌__‌sapiens‌_____‌‌
that‌‌means‌‌“wise‌‌man.”‌ ‌
8. A‌‌___‌tool‌__________‌‌is‌‌any‌‌handheld‌‌object‌‌that‌‌has‌‌been‌‌modified‌‌to‌‌help‌‌a‌‌person‌‌
accomplish‌‌a‌‌task.‌ ‌
9. The‌‌first‌‌part‌‌of‌‌the‌‌Stone‌‌Age‌‌is‌‌called‌‌the‌‌___‌Paleolithic‌__________‌‌__‌Era‌___‌‌or‌‌
Old‌‌Stone‌‌Age.‌ ‌
10. Scientists‌‌have‌‌found‌‌the‌‌oldest‌‌tools‌‌in‌‌___‌Tanzania‌________________.‌ ‌
11. A‌‌___‌society‌__________‌‌is‌‌a‌‌community‌‌of‌‌people‌‌who‌‌share‌‌a‌‌common‌‌culture.‌ ‌
12. ‌____‌hunter-gatherers‌________________‌‌are‌‌people‌‌who‌‌hunt‌‌animals‌‌and‌‌gather‌‌
wild‌‌plants,‌‌seeds,‌‌fruits‌‌and‌‌nuts‌‌to‌‌survive.‌ ‌
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13. The‌‌most‌‌important‌‌development‌‌of‌‌early‌‌Stone‌‌Age‌‌culture‌‌was‌‌
___‌language‌______________.‌ ‌
14. ‌__‌Migrate‌___________‌‌means‌‌to‌‌move.‌ ‌
15. The‌‌freezing‌‌time‌‌period‌‌of‌‌the‌‌earth‌‌is‌‌called‌‌the‌ ‌____‌Ice‌______‌‌__‌Age‌_______.‌ ‌
16. ‌A‌‌____‌land‌______‌‌___‌bridge‌_______‌‌is‌‌a‌‌strip‌‌of‌‌land‌‌connecting‌‌two‌‌continents.‌ ‌
17. ‌___‌Mesolithic‌_________‌‌___‌Era‌_____‌‌is‌‌the‌‌time‌‌period‌‌in‌‌the‌‌stone‌‌age‌‌where‌ ‌
smaller‌‌and‌‌more‌‌complex‌‌tools‌‌were‌‌developed.‌ ‌
18. People‌‌who‌‌lived‌‌near‌‌water‌‌invented‌‌____‌hooks‌_________‌‌and‌‌___‌fishing‌____‌ ‌
__‌spears‌________.‌ ‌
19. ‌During‌‌the‌‌Mesolithic‌‌Era,‌‌new‌‌technologies‌ ‌in‌‌addition‌‌to‌‌tools‌‌were‌‌developed‌‌such‌‌
as‌‌____‌canoes‌___________‌‌by‌‌hollowing‌‌out‌‌logs‌‌and‌‌___‌pottery‌________.‌ ‌
20. A
‌ fter‌‌‌the‌‌Middle‌‌Stone‌‌Age‌‌was‌‌the‌‌New‌‌Stone‌‌Age‌‌or‌‌the‌‌___‌Neolithic‌_______‌‌
_‌Era‌___.‌ ‌
21. ‌During‌‌the‌‌New‌‌Stone‌‌Age‌‌people‌‌learned‌‌to‌‌polish‌‌stones‌‌to‌‌make‌‌tools‌‌like‌‌
__‌saws‌____‌‌and‌‌___‌drills‌____.‌ ‌
22. Historians‌‌call‌‌the‌‌shift‌‌from‌‌food‌‌gathering‌‌to‌‌food‌‌producing‌‌the‌‌__‌Neolithic‌______‌‌
__‌Revolution‌_____________.‌ ‌
23. The‌‌process‌‌of‌‌changing‌‌plants‌‌or‌‌animals‌‌to‌‌make‌‌them‌‌more‌‌useful‌‌to‌‌humans‌‌is‌‌
called‌‌____‌domestication‌____________.‌ ‌
24. The‌‌development‌‌of‌‌farming‌‌is‌‌also‌‌known‌‌as‌‌___‌agriculture‌_____________.‌ ‌
25. During‌‌the‌‌Neolithic‌‌Revolution‌‌people‌‌began‌‌to‌‌raise‌‌crops‌‌and‌‌animals‌‌in‌‌one‌‌place‌‌
building‌‌__‌permanent‌_______‌ ‌__‌settlements‌__________.‌ ‌
26. ‌___‌Megaliths‌________‌‌are‌‌huge‌‌stones‌‌used‌‌as‌‌monuments.‌ ‌