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Early Humans
Pre-history, hunter-gatherers, and early civilizations
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| On what continent do archaelogists believe that the first people lived? | Africa |
| The story of the past? | history |
| Scientists who study objects to learn about people and their culture are called? | Archaelogists |
| People who have no settled home and move from place to place? | nomads |
| Time period long ago where most tools and weapons were made of stone? | Stone Age |
| Plants and animals tamed for human use is called? | domestication |
| A society with cities, a central government, job specialization, and social classes is called? | civilization |
| Supplying land with water through a network of canals? | irrigation |
| Where did people first begin to grow their own crops (farm) about 10,000 years ago? | S.W. Asia |
| The Stone Age can be divided into what 3 time periods? | Old, middle, and new |
| How did these first modern humans get food? | They hunted and gathered |
| What was the very important invention by these early humans about 400,000 years ago, and tell me 3 ways they used it? | Fire...protection from animals, cook their food, warmth (moved to colder climates) and light to see. |
| Name 2 ways these early humans used fire? | Protection from animals, cook their food, warmth (move to colder climates) |
| Why was it called the Old Stone Age? | It happened long ago, and stone was used for most tools and weapons. |
| List two things early farmers in S.W. Asia grew. | Beans, squash, corn, wheat, barley... |
| List how farming changed the way people lived. | more food=more people people could stay in one place, cities and trade developed. |
| Name 2 examples of a domesticated animal, and how it was used? | horses, cows, pigs, goats, dogs, sheep... ,meat, transporting things, protection, leather, wool, milk |
| Most early cities were built near what? | rivers or water |
| The beginning of agriculture starts the beginning of the New Stone Age? True or False | True |
| List 2 advantages of farming vs. hunting and gathering. | stay in one place, food year-round, and surpluses. |
| Surplus of crops leads to "specialized jobs". Give an example of a specialized job people in these early cities would have. | leather goods, baskets, carpenters, tool makers, pottery makers and cloth weavers. |
| Tell me a way that these early cities were different than farming villages. | larger/more people, large buildings, and specialized workers. |
| List two things needed for a civilization to develop. | Government, written language, art, architecture, specialized jobs and social classes. |
| What new metal was being developed and used to make things around 6600 B.C.? | Bronze |
| What was the simple and amazing invention around 3500 B.C.? Bonus: What was it used for? | wheel and axle. Carrying people and goods. |
| The ability for early people to start to grow their own food and stay in one place? | Agriculture |
| Name an animal or two that early hunters and gatherers hunted. | buffalo, wild goats, deer... |
| Name 2 examples of foods that hunter/gatherers gathered. | nuts, berries, fruits and wild grains (wheat) |
| What was the new stone that hunter-gatherers started using as a weapon and cutting tool? | Flint |
| How did better tools and weapons help hunter-gatherers? | made hunting and gathering easier |
| Give an example of early hunter-gatherers shelters. | Caves, rock overhangs, wood and animal skins |
| People began to develop spoken language to help communicate, work together and pass on knowledge? True or False | true |
| A long period of extreme cold that affected all of Earth? | Ice Age |
| How long ago did the last Ice Age take place? | 10,000 years ago |
| The land bridge allowed people to travel from ______ continent to _____ continent. | Asia to North America |
| List a way that people adapted to cold weather? | more fat in their diets, use of fire, and built better shelters |
| List a result of the Earth warming up. | more food, more people, people began to stay in one place |
| What was the main difference between the Old Stone Age and the New Stone Age? | people began to farm instead of hunting and gathering |
| List an animal that early people would have domesticated. | cows, dogs, sheep, pigs, |
| List two reasons that people would domesticate (use) a cow. | meat, leather, transportation, work in fields, milk... |
| Most early villages were built by ________? Why? | rivers. Used water to irrigate crops, travel (boats), water to drink, and clean, used clay and mud to build houses. |
| What new metal were people starting to use for tools and weapons? | Bronze |
| How was Bronze made? | Combining tin and copper. |
| What were the names of two of the earliest cities archaeologists have discovered? | Jericho, and Catalhuyuk. |
| hominid | An early ancestor of modern-day humans |
| ancestor | A relative who lived in the past. |
| tools | Any handheld object that has been modified to help a person accomplish a task. |
| society | A community of people who share a common culture. |
| migrate | To move to new places. |
| megaliths | Huge stones used as monuments or as sites for religious gatherings. |
| prehistory | time period before written history. |
| Neolithic Age | New Stone Age...started with the invention of agriculture. |
| Time before written history? (5,000 years ago) | Prehistory |
| How did attaching wooden handles to weapons change the way/what they hunted? | could now throw their weapons (spears) and hunt larger animals. |
| Besides fire, how did these early humans stay warm? | animals skin clothing |
| Scientific names for the Old Stone Age, Middle Stone Age, and New Stone Age? | Paleolithic, Mesolithic, & Neolithic Eras. |
| What was the new invention during the New Stone Age, and what part of the world did this begin 10,000 years ago? | Agriculture began in S.W. Asia |
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