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First Hominids
early humans gillespie sol 2 paleolithic neolithic
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a society with knowledge of writing and other advanced characteristics in sciences, technology, government, economy, religion, etc | civilization |
| period of time before writing | prehistory |
| branch of knowledge that records and analyzes past events | history |
| Old Stone Age | Paleolithic |
| era in which people were nomadic hunter-gatherers | Paleolithic |
| New Stone Age | Neolithic |
| to wander in search of food | nomad |
| period of time in which people used stone tools but also had knowledge of farming | Neolithic |
| Middle Stone Age | Mesolithic |
| primate species that includes humans | hominid |
| a two-footed animal/upright walking | biped |
| technique used by historians to determine the age of a once-living object | radiocarbon dating |
| production, distribution, and consumption (use of) goods and services | economic |
| of or relating to government | political |
| belief in a supernatural power/creator of the universe | religion |
| a peoples shared way of life | culture |
| practice of cultivating the soil, producing crops, and/or raising livestock; farming | agricultural |
| dealing with farms; agriculture | agrarian |
| personal perception or view that may interfere with one's ability to make a decision/judgment | bias |
| spread or not centralize | diffuse |
| the spreading of goods, ideas, beliefs, etc from one group of people to another | cultural diffusion |
| wanderers (in search of food) | nomadic |
| belief in one god | monotheistic |
| belief in more than one god | polytheistic |
| earliest Paleolithic stone tools, includes stone chopper | Oldowan |
| extra | surplus |
| refers to the discovery of agriculture and the changes that resulted from that discovery | Neolithic Revolution |
| movement from one region to settle into another | migration |
| on what continent did hominids first emerge | Africa |
| British archaeological site consisting of several rock/monolithic structures built during the Neolithic and Bronze Ages | Stonehenge |
| the study of past cultures by the discovery and analyzing of materials | archaeology |
| early human-like primates* | Australopithecine |
| refers to the tools used by Neanderthals including flakes* | Mousterian |
| lower Paleolithic stone tools characterized by flaked bifacial hand axes* | Acheulian |
| training of people in specific tasks or jobs that results in an increase in production | specialization of labor |
| hominid species that existed only in Europe and southwestern Asia | Neandertals |
| extinct species of humans found in China (subspecies of homo erectus)* | Peking Man |
| Australopithecine female found in eastern Africa that is approximately 3 million years old (40% intact)* | Lucy |
| extinct species of humans and probably the first to make stone tools that existed approximately 2 million years ago | homo habilis |
| hominid species that first mastered fire used Acheulian tools and may have been the first to migrate from Africa | homo erectus |
| early homo-sapiens of the Paleolithic era; known for cave paintings | Cro-Magnon |
| archaeological find that suggest that homo erectus was in eastern Asia approximately 1 million years ago (more primitive than* Peking Man) | Java man |
| last name of the famous archaeological family known for their discoveries of hominin and other fossil remains in eastern Africa (Olduvai Gorge, Turkana Boy, and other early hominins)* | Leakey |
| discovered Lucy* | Donald Johanson |
| to supply water through channels, ditches, etc | irrigate |
| eyewitness account, including autobiographies and diaries | Primary source |
| a document or recording that relates or discusses information originally presented elsewhere and often analyzes that information | secondary source |
| Neolithic settlement in modern-day Turkey that flourished c.6500–c.5800 B.C.E. the economy was agricultural and provides us with an understanding of a Neolithic society | Catal Huyuk |
| Palestinian town occupied since 9000 BCE (originally a hunter-gatherer site, it was later reoccupied as a Neolithic city) | Jericho |
| Before Common Era | BCE |
| man-made object of historical importance | artifact |
| hardened remains of a once-living object from another geologic period | fossil |
| What types of tools were used during the Paleolithic Age? | stone tools progressing from chopper stones to eventually flakes and use of other materials (ivory, bone, antler, etc) |
| How did people acquire food during the Paleolithic Age? | hunters and gatherers |
| What inventions and discoveries were made during the Paleolithic Age? | oral language, fire, improved stone technology, cave art |
| French site rich in cave paintings | Lasceaux |
| By what means did people acquire food during the Neolithic Age? | farmers and herders |
| How did life change during the Neolithic Age? | permanent settlements (villages), increased importance of religion and government, increased specialization of labor (pottery and weaving) |
| When did the Neolithic Age begin? | 10,000 BCE; different times throughout the year |
| What factors contributed to the increase in agricultural surplus? | improved tools (use of metal, the plow), improved irrigation systems, etc. |
| What happened as a result of agricultural surpluses? | increase trade, growth of cities, increased role of government |
| Describe the governments of early civilizations and their roles | centralized and closely linked to religion, monarchies; provided protection, taxed people, created laws and oversaw the land |
| Describe early economies of early civilizations | agricultural/agrarian, specialization of labor |
| Why did early civilizations emerge along river valleys? | fertile soil, ability to support cities and rise of civilizations |
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