Evolution of Humans and Society - Prehistoric Period Flash Cards

Unit 1 > Social > Class 9 > Samacheer Kalvi - English Medium

18 cards in this set.

Mode

_____________ is genetically closest to humans

(b) Chimpanzee

The period called _________ marks the beginning of agriculture and animal domestication.

(c) Neolithic

Direct ancestor of modern man was ____________.

(c) Homo sapiens

_________ refers to the area covering Egypt, Israel-Palestine and Iraq.

(b) Fertile Crescent

Sir Robert Bruce Foote, a geologist from England first discovered the ____________ tools at Pallavaram near Chennai.

(b) Paleolithic

(i) The period before the introduction of writing is called pre-history. (ii) The pre-historic people developed language, made beautiful paintings and artefacts. (iii) The pre-historic societies are treated as literate. (iv)The pre-historic period is called ancient.

b. (i) and (ii) are correct

i) The Neolithic people used polished stone axes called Celts (ii) Evidence of Neolithic village is found at Payyampalli in Chennai district (iii) The cultural period that succeeded the Neolithic is called the Bronze Age (iv) The period that witnessed domestication of animals and cultivation of crops is called Mesolithic

a) (i) is correct

Assertion (A): Many of the Mesolithic sites are founds nearby rivers and tanks. Reason (R): Irrigation management developed during Mesolithic period

d) A and R both are incorrect

Hand axes and cleavers are the important tool types of the __________ culture.

lower Paleolithic

The methods and techniques involved in the production of stone tools are called __________ technology.

Lithic

_____________ is known as the Middle Stone Age, as it is placed between the Paleolithic and Neolithic.

Mesolithic period

Palaeo anthropology

The study of the human ancestors

Hand axe tools

Acheulian

Images on stone and bone

Venus

Red sand dunes

Teris

Stone artefacts of small size

Microliths

Find out the correct statement

a) The concept survival of the fittest contributed to the scientific understanding of human origins.

Find out the correct statement

b) The ancestors to humans were called Hominins and their origins have been traced to Africa.

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Evolution of Humans and Society - Prehistoric Period Flash Cards

Unit 1 > Social > Class 9 > Samacheer Kalvi - English Medium

18 cards in this set.

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_____________ is genetically closest to humans

(b) Chimpanzee

The period called _________ marks the beginning of agriculture and animal domestication.

(c) Neolithic

Direct ancestor of modern man was ____________.

(c) Homo sapiens

_________ refers to the area covering Egypt, Israel-Palestine and Iraq.

(b) Fertile Crescent

Sir Robert Bruce Foote, a geologist from England first discovered the ____________ tools at Pallavaram near Chennai.

(b) Paleolithic

(i) The period before the introduction of writing is called pre-history. (ii) The pre-historic people developed language, made beautiful paintings and artefacts. (iii) The pre-historic societies are treated as literate. (iv)The pre-historic period is called ancient.

b. (i) and (ii) are correct

a) (i) is correct

Assertion (A): Many of the Mesolithic sites are founds nearby rivers and tanks. Reason (R): Irrigation management developed during Mesolithic period

d) A and R both are incorrect

Hand axes and cleavers are the important tool types of the __________ culture.

lower Paleolithic

The methods and techniques involved in the production of stone tools are called __________ technology.

Lithic

_____________ is known as the Middle Stone Age, as it is placed between the Paleolithic and Neolithic.

Mesolithic period

Palaeo anthropology

The study of the human ancestors

Hand axe tools

Acheulian

Images on stone and bone

Venus

Red sand dunes

Teris

Stone artefacts of small size

Microliths

Find out the correct statement

a) The concept survival of the fittest contributed to the scientific understanding of human origins.

Find out the correct statement

b) The ancestors to humans were called Hominins and their origins have been traced to Africa.

Mode