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  • Chapter 2 Learning About Early People
  • Section 1 All People Have A Culture
  • Vocabulary p. 37
  • Culture The way of life of a group of people at
    a particular time, including their customs,
    beliefs, and arts.
  • Custom A social habit or way of living in a
    group.
  • Society A group of people bound together by the
    same culture.
  • Values The beliefs or ideals that guide the way
    people live.
  • Government The established form of ruling a
    place.
  • Religion The way people worship the God or gods
    they believe in.
  • Legacy The gifts a culture has received and the
    gifts it leaves to future cultures.
  • Questions and Answers (1 - 4) p. 40
  • What are basic needs?
  • Food, clothing, and shelter are essential needs.
  • How does the chart on page 38 help you understand
    how cultures around the world differ?
  • People develop different ways to meet their
    basic needs, determined to some degree
  • by environments.

2
  • Chapter 2 Learning About Early People
  • Section 2 How Early People Lived
  • Vocabulary p. 41
  • Ice Age A long period in the past that lasted
    for millions of years.
  • Glacier A great sheet of slowly moving ice.
  • Old Stone Age The earliest period of human
    culture, beginning about two million years ago
    and lasting until about 8,000 B.C.
  • Nomad A person without a permanent home who
    travels in search of food.
  •  
  • Questions and Answers (1 - 4) p. 44
  • How did people live during the Old Stone Age?
  • They lived as nomads, surviving by hunting and
    gathering food.
  • What tools did early people have? What were they
    made of?
  • They had knives, spears, scrappers, axes,
    digging sticks they made flints, which they
    could
  • sharpen to cutting edges.
  • What continents were most affected by the Ice
    Age?
  • Explain your answer. Antarctica, North America,
    Europe, Asia Answers will vary but should
  • reference the map on page 42.
  • What could have been the consequences if the Ice
    Age had never ended? What would the Earth be
    like?

3
  • Chapter 2 Learning About Early People
  • Section 3 The Beginnings of Village Life
  • Vocabulary p. 46
  • New Stone Age A period in social development
    that started about 8,000 B.C., in which people
    first domesticated animals, farmed the land, and
    lived in settled communities.
  • Domesticate To tame animals in order to make
    them useful to people.
  • Cultivate To prepare and use land for raising
    crops This marked the start of the New Stone
    Age.
  • Specialize To be trained to do a particular
    kind of work.
  • Artisan A person skilled in crafts such as
    carving or tool making A crafts worker.
  • Technology The use of skills and tools to serve
    human needs.
  • Catal Huyuk A New Stone Age village.
  • Questions and Answers (1 - 4) p. 51
  • What twin developments helped increase the food
    supply?
  • Cultivation of land and domestication of animals.
  • Why did specialization develop?
  • People no longer had to spend all their time
    finding food. They had time to develop skills
    and crafts.
  • Describe technology. How did it change?
  • Technology is the use of skills and tools to
    serve human needs. People continually

4
  • Chapter 2 Learning About Early People
  • Section 4 How Do We Know bout The Past?
  • Vocabulary p. 52
  • Histroy The record of what has happened in the
    past.
  • Prehistory The period before events were
    recorded in writing the Old and New Stone Age.
  • Artifacts Objects that were made by people long
    ago, such as tools.
  • Archaeology The study of the remains of past
    cultures.
  • Primary Sources A firsthand account of an
    event, such as an official document, a diary, or
    a letter.
  • Secondary Sources A written record of the past
    such as a book by a historian, that is based on
    information from a primary source or sources.
  •  
  • Questions and Answers (1 - 3) p. 54
  •  
  • What is prehistory? How is it different from
    history?
  • Prehistory is the period before writing was
    developed. History began when people could
  • make and leave written records.
  • How are artifacts useful?
  • Artifacts give evidence of what people made,
    which gives clues to how they lived.
  • What are primary sources? Name four examples.

5
  • Chapter 2 Learning About Early People
  • Building Skills Time Skills
  • Vocabulary p. 55
  • Time Line A line on which selected dates and
    events are written Used to show the order in
    which events occurred and how much time has
    passed between events.
  •  
  • Questions and Answers (1 - 4) p. 55
  •  
  • How do time lines help you to find out when
    events took place?
  • Time lines list dates in order and show the time
    between them.
  • Which event on the time line is earliest?
  • Old Stone Age ends.
  • Did the Old Stone Age end before or after the New
    Stone Age ended? How can you tell?
  • Before Old Stone Age is farther left on the
    time line.
  • Do you think time lines are a good way to show
    past events/ Why or Why not?
  • Yes It is easier to list dates in order.

6
  • Chapter 2 Learning About Early People
  • Summary and Review
  • Ideas to Remember
  • Although the customs and values of a culture
    vary, all people have the same basic needs for
    food, clothing, and shelter.
  • During the Old Stone Age people were hunters and
    gatherers and lived in small groups.
  • The New Stone Age marked the beginning of village
    life and the rapid growth of technology. An
    abundant food supply made it possible for people
    to specialize.
  • Historians and archaeologists are interested in
    finding out about the past. Their knowledge
    helps us understand the world we live in.

7
  • Chapter 2 Learning About Early People
  • Summary and Review
  • Reviewing Facts p. 57
  •  
  • What are the three basic needs of people
    everywhere?
  • Food, Clothing, and Shelter
  • Why are values important?
  • They guide the way people live and are governed.
  • Name two ways in which the deer herds filled the
    basic needs of people during the old Stone Age.
  • The flesh was eaten and the hides were worn as
    clothes.
  • Why did the people of the Old Stone Age live as
    nomads?
  • They traveled to find food.
  • How did the end of the Ice Age affect the growth
    of society?
  • Warmer climates favored the growth of farming
    people stayed in one place longer.
  • What two major benefits did the domestication of
    animals bring to New Stone Age people?
  • Animals were a steady supply of food and hides,
    and helped in hunting and carrying loads.
  • How did the village of Catal Huyuk become a
    center of trade?
  • Villagers produced goods that other wanted to
    buy.
  • Describe specialization.
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