ANS 150 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What did animals provide in ancient times? - Answers - food, fiber, clothing, building
materials, medicines, etc.
What animal(s) was the first to be domesticated? How long ago? - Answers - Dogs
(about 15000 years ago in east asia or 18000 years ago in europe)
Where were cats first thought to be domesticated and how long ago? - Answers - In
Egypt 4000 years ago
Recent evidence shows cats were domesticated how long ago? - Answers - 130,000
years ago
How long ago did people live in permanent settlements? why? - Answers - 10,000 years
when agriculture began
What domestication started from agriculture? - Answers - domestication on plants and
farm animals and later draft animals
Draft animals? - Answers - carrying or pulling heavy loads
What animal was involved in the rise and fall of civilizations over the past few thousand
years? - Answers - horses
When were horses first domesticated? - Answers - 6,000 years ago
HIstory of Horses - Answers - -last to be domesticated of large animals
-were not migratory
-used for meat, milk, and pack animals
-used also for transportation, communication
How did the horse impact our lives? - Answers - -they made it so they could travel
farther to gather food
-they facilitated the taking of land
-trade
-social status
-settlements that lacked horses became targets
-boundary disputes erupted between tribes
what were horses primarily used for in ancient civilizations? - Answers - harness
animals
, What was happening in Egypt 3500 years ago? - Answers - -Wall mural shows chariot
maker's workshop
-egyptian wheel was very light and very strong
-they imported wood from as far away as syria
What was happening in Egypt 3350 years ago? - Answers - -the Hittites had a chariot
that had a 3 man crew (driver, shield, shooter)
-First written book about animal care about chariot horse by Kikkuli
The Scythians - Answers - -Mastered the art of war on horseback
-conquered iran
-mobile because they were on horses
-wealth counted in horses
-when horse owner died they horses were killed and buried with his/her body
The Roman Army - Answers - they became horseback riders because they knew it was
better than chariots. existed for 400 years
In roman times what domesticated animals were used for food? - Answers - cattle,
sheep, goats, pigs, fowl, geese, pigeons. Also hunted wild animals and fished
What were the horses used for in the medievel and dark ages? - Answers - a vehicle for
war or hunting. Religious wars, barbarian invasions.
What happened in the renaissance? - Answers - -scientific study of animals
-animals in art
-adevntures/conquests needed horse
what happened when the europeans started traveling by sea? - Answers - saw new
animals and some had the same similar characteristics. Naturalists started a systematic
system of classifying animals which is now used worldwide
what animal was used to explore the west and what did humans establish first? -
Answers - horses and forts
what was the second thing to be established in the west? - Answers - farms
what did the western Settlers use horses for? - Answers - horses were used for plowing
fields and bringing lumber out of the forest
what did horses do in 1830's - Answers - horses were used for haymaking, planting,
grain harvesting
why did the draft horse replace the oxen? - Answers - horse moved faster, more
versatile
What did animals provide in ancient times? - Answers - food, fiber, clothing, building
materials, medicines, etc.
What animal(s) was the first to be domesticated? How long ago? - Answers - Dogs
(about 15000 years ago in east asia or 18000 years ago in europe)
Where were cats first thought to be domesticated and how long ago? - Answers - In
Egypt 4000 years ago
Recent evidence shows cats were domesticated how long ago? - Answers - 130,000
years ago
How long ago did people live in permanent settlements? why? - Answers - 10,000 years
when agriculture began
What domestication started from agriculture? - Answers - domestication on plants and
farm animals and later draft animals
Draft animals? - Answers - carrying or pulling heavy loads
What animal was involved in the rise and fall of civilizations over the past few thousand
years? - Answers - horses
When were horses first domesticated? - Answers - 6,000 years ago
HIstory of Horses - Answers - -last to be domesticated of large animals
-were not migratory
-used for meat, milk, and pack animals
-used also for transportation, communication
How did the horse impact our lives? - Answers - -they made it so they could travel
farther to gather food
-they facilitated the taking of land
-trade
-social status
-settlements that lacked horses became targets
-boundary disputes erupted between tribes
what were horses primarily used for in ancient civilizations? - Answers - harness
animals
, What was happening in Egypt 3500 years ago? - Answers - -Wall mural shows chariot
maker's workshop
-egyptian wheel was very light and very strong
-they imported wood from as far away as syria
What was happening in Egypt 3350 years ago? - Answers - -the Hittites had a chariot
that had a 3 man crew (driver, shield, shooter)
-First written book about animal care about chariot horse by Kikkuli
The Scythians - Answers - -Mastered the art of war on horseback
-conquered iran
-mobile because they were on horses
-wealth counted in horses
-when horse owner died they horses were killed and buried with his/her body
The Roman Army - Answers - they became horseback riders because they knew it was
better than chariots. existed for 400 years
In roman times what domesticated animals were used for food? - Answers - cattle,
sheep, goats, pigs, fowl, geese, pigeons. Also hunted wild animals and fished
What were the horses used for in the medievel and dark ages? - Answers - a vehicle for
war or hunting. Religious wars, barbarian invasions.
What happened in the renaissance? - Answers - -scientific study of animals
-animals in art
-adevntures/conquests needed horse
what happened when the europeans started traveling by sea? - Answers - saw new
animals and some had the same similar characteristics. Naturalists started a systematic
system of classifying animals which is now used worldwide
what animal was used to explore the west and what did humans establish first? -
Answers - horses and forts
what was the second thing to be established in the west? - Answers - farms
what did the western Settlers use horses for? - Answers - horses were used for plowing
fields and bringing lumber out of the forest
what did horses do in 1830's - Answers - horses were used for haymaking, planting,
grain harvesting
why did the draft horse replace the oxen? - Answers - horse moved faster, more
versatile
