Chapter 2 Study Guide
Mrs. M. Brown
that connects
1. A land bridge is a strip of land __________
two continents
_______
________
anthropologist studies societies and
2. An _____________
cultures of various civilizations
3. The discovery of Lucy by Donald Johanson
pointed to a hominid’s ability to _______
walk
_______
upright
4. Changing plants and animals to make them
more useful to humans is known as
domestication
_________________________
large animals
5. Using _______
________ greatly improved
the ability of people to farm
tools
6. The invention of ________
greatly
increased early humans’ chances for
survival.
7. Rome was
added to the
Frankish
Kingdom by
A.D. 814
________
8. Farming allowed people in the Stone Age to
permanent
settlements
_______ build
_________
__________
Hunter-gatherers are people who hunt
9. _______________
animals and gather wild plants, seeds, fruits,
and nuts to survive
migrated from
10. Early peoples moved, or ________,
place to place to find their basic needs
11. A time of long periods of freezing weather
ice ages _______
was called the ______
12. The time before writing is called
prehistory
_____________
13. What was happening in China about the same
time that the Aryans began migrating into India?
2300 B.C. Harappan
civilization begins
2200 B.C. Old Kingdom
ends in Egypt
1500’s B.C. Aryans begin
migrating into India
1250 B.C. Hinduism
begins to develop in India
1500 B.C. Shang Dynasty
established in China
The Shang
Dynasty was being
established
14. Where would you place, “In 586 B.C. the
Jews are enslaved in Babylon”?
A. before 1290 B.C.
B. after 1290 B.C.
C. before 722 B.C.
D. after 722 B.C.
15. According to the map, which
continent did humans reach last?
South America
16.Which things would you include in a short
essay about how farming changed societies?
yes
Safer, healthier lives
yes
Increased chances of survival
More time for hunting and gathering food
yes
Permanent places to live
Better ways to migrate
yes
Can do other things rather than food gathering
yes
No need to follow wild animals for food
Easier to find wild animals