<p> Foundations through The Classical Era: From Human Prehistory to Civilizations</p><p>Name______Period_____</p><p>Walker AP World History Ch 1 Reading Study Guide #1 P. 8-18</p><p>1. What were some of the advantages of the discovery and use of fire by early humans?</p><p>2. According to recent research, when did humans likely enter the Western Hemisphere?</p><p>3. Name three or four of the characteristics that differentiate humans from all other species.</p><p>(Timeline P. 10)</p><p>4. When did humanlike species originate in Eastern Africa?</p><p>5. When did human species spread across the Eastern Hemisphere and develop fire use?</p><p>6. When did OUR species develop and displace all other human species?</p><p>7. When did farming develop?______Where?______</p><p>8. What innovations took place in the Middle East between 4000-3000 BCE?</p><p>9. When was the rise of Sumer (Mesopotamian Civilization)?_____ 10. Egyptian Civilization?_____</p><p>11. Harappan (Indus) Civilization?______12. Shang Dynasty?______</p><p>13. What was human life and technology like during the Paleolithic Age?</p><p>14. What proto-human species developed during this era?</p><p>15. Who are the Homo sapiens sapiens?</p><p>16. How did early humans deal with their fear of death?</p><p>17. According to Stearns, what was Paleolithic Man’s “greatest achievement”?</p><p>18. What are the years of the Mesolithic Age?</p><p>19. What new technologies and developments came about during the Mesolithic Age?</p><p>1 Foundations through The Classical Era: From Human Prehistory to Civilizations</p><p>20. Describe the population growth (use numbers please) due to the advent & acceptance of agriculture.</p><p>21. Why do scholars call the development of agriculture the Neolithic Revolution?</p><p>22. In what ways is it not a “revolution” at all?</p><p>23. In what ways is it truly revolutionary?</p><p>24. Why did many cultures and societies resist agriculture (some until very recently)?</p><p>25. Roughly speaking, when was the beginning of the Bronze Age?</p><p>26. How did the use of metals impact human existence?</p><p>27. Describe the process of ‘slash and burn’ agriculture.</p><p>28. Why did the first civilizations worthy of the name develop near rivers?</p><p>29. Briefly describe the settlement of Catal Huyuk.</p><p>30. What is civilization? (We will discuss this at length in class)</p><p>31. How did cuneiform and other forms of writing impact human existence?</p><p>32. Why did people living in civilizations look down upon so-called ‘barbarians’?</p><p>33. In what ways are these nomadic and barbarian cultures more “civilized” than civilizations?</p><p>34. Why do we focus our efforts on civilization rather than its alternatives as we study human history?</p><p>2</p>