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Prehistory-Paleolithic and Neolithic Eras
Question | Answer |
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Life in early hunter-gatherer societies was shaped by what? | physical environment |
Homo sapiens emerged in ___________________ between 100,000 and 400,000 years ago. | east Africa |
Homo sapiens migrated from Africa to _________, _________, and ___________. | Eurasia, Australia, and the Americas |
people who migrated in search of food, water, and shelter | nomads |
Hunter-gatherers invented the first _______. | tools |
Hunter-gatherers learned how to make and use _______. | fire |
Hunter-gatherers lived in ______. | clans |
Hunter-gatherers developed _______ language. | oral |
Hunter-gatherers created _______ art. | cave |
What does "Neolithic" mean? | New Stone Age |
Societies of the Neolithic Era developed _________ (domesticated plants.) | agriculture |
Societies of the Neolithic Era domesticated plants and _______. | animals |
Societies of the Neolithic Era used advanced ______. | tools |
Societies of the Neolithic Era made ______. | pottery |
Societies of the Neolithic Era developed _______ skills. | weaving |
_________ study past cultures by locating and analyzing human remains, settlements, fossils, and artifacts. | archaeologists |
Archaeologists use _________ _________ to calculate the age of fossils and artifacts. | carbon dating |
An archaeological site in England that was begun during the Neolithic Era and completed during the Bronze Age was _________. | Stonehenge |
Early cities in the Fertile Crescent studied by archaeologists were _______ and _______. | Aleppo and Jericho |
Çatalhöyük is an example of a Neolithic settlement currently under excavation in _________. | Anatolia. |
One of the oldest continuously active cities in the world. | Aleppo |
What does "Paleolithic" mean? | Old Stone Age |
a man-made object | artifact |
creatures that walk upright on two feet | hominids |
The area in Eastern Africa where Australopithecus emerged | Great Rift Valley |
The area where the world's first cities emerged | Fertile Crescent |
The area where Neanderthal remains were first discovered | Neander River, Germany |
An early homo sapien | Cro-Magnon |
The first hominid | Australopithecus |
"Handy Man" | homo habilis |
The first hominid to stand with a fully straight back; made fire | homo erectus |
Hominid that lived at the same time as homo sapiens | Neanderthal |
Modern humans | homo sapiens sapiens |
A specialized worker | artisan |
The change from hunting and gathering to farming | Neolithic Revolution (Agricultural Revolution) |
Early people were able to overcome the limits set by the physical environment by developing what? | culture |