Ice Age
True or False: The Ice Age began over 1 million years ago.
True
Why do historians call the Neolithic era the Stone Age?
People made tools out of stone.
What was the change in farming called? In other words, what is this time period in history called?
The Agricultural Revolution
What is another word for farming?
Agriculture
Do timelines show when, where, or how something took place?
When
What is a huge mass of ice called?
Glacier
Why did humans move around in the summer during the Stone Age?
To follow the herds. To hunt.
What are two things people learned to do after the melting of the glaciers?
Grow food, tame animals
What is another word for revolution?
Change.
Did the ancient era take place during the B.C. time period or A.D. time period?
B.C.
Did humans live during the Ice age?
Yes
Did the Stone Age happen before or after the Ice Age?
After
What is a settlement? Why could people live in settlements after they learned to grow food?
A settlement is a group of homes. People could stay in one place because they didn't have to follow herds to hunt.
What is a civilization?
A group of people who share a common culture.
Where does Mr. Howard want to live when he retires?
The mountains
What was the Woolly Mammoth's name in the movie Ice Age?
Manny
Why didn't people live in settlements during the Stone Age?
They had to move around to hunt.
Name at least 2 reasons people tamed animals.
Food (meat), milk, wool, work in fields, transport materials
Is your textbook a primary or secondary source? Why?
Secondary. It is not a first-hand account of history.
Is a map a primary or secondary document?
Primary
Which directions did Glaciers move during the Ice Age?
South
Name at least 2 of the 3 things that humans used to make tools and weapons during the Stone Age.
Stones, sticks, bones
How did humans first realize they could grow food?
They saw that plants grew from where seeds had landed.
Give at least 2 examples of primary documents.
Letter, Autobiography, Artifacts, Diaries, Journals, Newspapers, Speeches
What does an archaeologist do?
study cultures by digging up and examining the remains of ancient civilizations