Ch. 2&3 Assessment Study Guide

Ch. 2&3 Assessment Study Guide

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Ch. 2&3 Assessment Study Guide

Directions: This is your study guide. Please answer the questions in complete sentences on a loose-leaf sheet of paper. You will turn that in with your binder! You will be able to use your foldable on the test.

  1. What were the capabilities of each of the hominids?
  2. Where did the earliest hominids live?
  3. What are the nicknames of each hominid group?
  4. What did early hominids use for shelter?
  5. Why was the spear thrower important?
  6. How did people in the Paleolithic Age get food?
  7. When did the Paleolithic and Neolithic Ages begin and end?
  8. What event marked the end of the Paleolithic Age?
  9. What event marked the end of the Neolithic Age?
  10. Why did people start farming?
  11. Why was a stable food supply and food surplus important?
  12. Why did people domesticate animals? What animals did they domesticate?
  13. Why did Neolithic communities grow larger?
  14. What shelters did Paleolithic people live in? Neolithic people?
  15. What were some consequences of building permanent shelters?
  16. Why did people trade? How did trade impact Neolithic communities?
  17. Why is time important?
  18. ALSO: know ALL vocabulary from chapter 2 & 3 (blue and bolded terms!!). You may NOT use your vocabulary notes!

Name:

Hour:

Ch. 2&3 Assessment Study Guide

Directions: This is your study guide. Please answer the questions in complete sentences on a loose-leaf sheet of paper. You will turn that in with your binder! You will be able to use your foldable on the test.

  1. What were the capabilities of each of the hominids?
  2. Where did the earliest hominids live?
  3. What are the nicknames of each hominid group?
  4. What did early hominids use for shelter?
  5. Why was the spear thrower important?
  6. How did people in the Paleolithic Age get food?
  7. When did the Paleolithic and Neolithic Ages begin and end?
  8. What event marked the end of the Paleolithic Age?
  9. What event marked the end of the Neolithic Age?
  10. Why did people start farming?
  11. Why was a stable food supply and food surplus important?
  12. Why did people domesticate animals? What animals did they domesticate?
  13. Why did Neolithic communities grow larger?
  14. What shelters did Paleolithic people live in? Neolithic people?
  15. What were some consequences of building permanent shelters?
  16. Why did people trade? How did trade impact Neolithic communities?
  17. Why is time important?
  18. ALSO: know ALL vocabulary from chapter 2 & 3 (blue and bolded terms!!). You may NOT use your vocabulary notes!
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