Chapter VIII: The First Planting

1 How did man probably discover the use of flint?

2 How can you build a fire without matches and without flint?

3 In what other ways may flint be used?

4 What is cannibalism?

5 How did the people first discover agriculture?

6 In what kind of a climate would sowing and reaping be necessary?

7 Name several ways by which we might discover that seeds sprout, and
bear.

8 How would primitive man probably explain a garden?

9 What would make him eager to possess a garden?

10 Why do people progress more in a temperate climate than in a
tropical region? Explain.

11 Why did the Cave People believe in miracles?

12 What is a miracle?

13 Did savage and barbarous men like to work?

14 What makes people remember things?

15 When do we learn by doing things?

16 What things are we most likely to forget?