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Paleolithic and Neolithic
Geography 1
Geography 2
Questions
Questions #2
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What changed Paleolithic societies to Neolithic societies?
Agriculture
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Area of high, flat land with steep sides
Plateau
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What is an island?
Land that is completely surrounded by water
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What are the basic needs of man?
Water, food, and shelter
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What is the primary reason archaeologists study objects and fossils from the past?
To learn what life was like in the past.
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What is the difference between Paleolithic man and Neolithic man?
Paleolithic man were hunter-gatherers. Neolithic man developed agriculture and began to farm.
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What is a mountain range?
A lot of mountains
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Dry land with few plants
Desert
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What type of evidence do anthropologists/archaeologists use?
They use fossils and artifacts that they find at sites.
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What is agriculture?
Agriculture is farming.
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What determined where Neolithic people built settlements?
Fertile soil, reliable food source, and natural resources.
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An artificial waterway used for irrigation
Canal
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Narrow strip of land connecting two larger areas of land
isthmus
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What do artifacts show about a civilizations?
Artifacts can show how people made tools, how they built homes, and how they made art
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The development of agriculture meant this.
People had a reliable food source
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What best compares Paleolithic people to Neolithic people?
Paleo: They migrated. Neo: Humans developed permanent settlements.
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A stream or river that empties into a larger river
Tributary
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Triangle-shaped area of land at the mouth of a river
Delta
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what is the difference between a fossil and an artifact?
Fossils are remains from once living things and artifacts are man-made objects.
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What is domestication?
The taming of animals and crops for human use.
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What continent did Paleolithic people first appear on?
Africa
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A bowl-shaped area or land
Basin
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What is a peninsula?
Land that is almost completely surrounded by water
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Why do groups migrate?
They migrate because the land that they currently live on does not meet their basic needs; water, food, and shelter.
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How did agriculture effect prehistoric people?
Agriculture effected prehistoric people because it enforced a reliable food source so they wouldn't have to hunt and move.