ANSWERS
2. How did Paleolithic people get their food compared to Neolithic
people?
- Paleolithic people got their food by hunting and gathering.
Neolithic people got their food by farming and domesticating
animals.
3. What change started the Neolithic Age?
- Agriculture (farming) started in the Neolithic Age.
4. What is the Fertile Crescent and why did many people settle
there?
- the Fertile crescent is an area of rich farmland in
Southwest Asia where the first civilizations began. This area was
important as it gave the farmers rich soil with silt and yearly
flooding.
5. What benefits did people have from farming and domesticating
animals?
-People who farmed did not have to hunt for animals and
berries and could establish a permanent settlement as well as a
stable food supply.
6. Why did Neolithic people live together in larger groups
compared to Paleolithic people?
-Neolithic people live together in larger groups compared to
Paleolithic people because they had permanent settlements and a
stable food supply to feed more than a few people at a time.
7. What does “having a stable food supply” mean?
-Having a stable food supply means that food is generated
regularly and people do not run out of it.
8. What factors were most important for early humans to survive?
-Food and water
9. What would archaeologists look for if they were studying early
human culture?
-Archaeologists would look for pottery to study CULTURE.
This would give them an idea of religion, language, and traditions
that make up culture.
10. Why do archaeologists study fossils?
-Archaeologists study fossils to learn about the past
11. Why would hunters-gatherers have to migrate? Where would
they migrate to?
-Hunters-gatherers would have to migrate because animals
migrate and they would have to find more animals and crops
once the crops died or the animals moved. They would travel
wherever the animals traveled to.
12. What activities was a regular part of the lives of early huntergatherers?
-migration and hunting
13. What type of art did early humans make first?
-stone statues
14. What were Neolithic people able to do with their food that
Paleolithic people could not do?
-Neolithic people were able to cook their food whereas
Paleolithic people could not
15. Why were Paleolithic people nomadic?
- They had to find food and shelter. In order to do this, they
had to travel to find animals and caves and fruit.
16. Why were settlements difficult to spread in early civilizations?
-Geographic Obstacles such as mountains and rivers made it
hard for early civilizations to spread.
17. What were the main causes for the first interactions between
ancient civilizations?
-Trading and warfare were the main interactions between
ancient civilizations.
18. Why did early humans live near large river valleys?
-River valleys provided humans with rich, fertile soil to help
grow crops. This was also the area where animals would retreat
to for food and water. The rivers also help with trade.
19. How did dividing up the work help communities produce more
to meet their needs?
-Each person could specialize in a skill. This would help the
civilization because they could get more work done in a shorter
amount of time instead of relying on one person to do all of the
work.
20. What are the basic characteristics of a civilization?
-The basic characteristics of a civilization are surplus food
supply, division of labor (specialized skills), and social hierarchy.