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Prehistoric People
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The period of time before the invention of writing is called | prehistory |
| civilization | a time when people progressed culturally and began to live in cities |
| Many scientists believe that until about ____ years ago people lived only on the grasslands of eastern and southern Africa | 900,000 |
| Scientists call the first age in which people lived the _______ age, or ________ ago. It lasted from about ______ million years, until ____ years ago. During this period, people obtained their food by _____ and _______ | Paleolithic, Old, 2.3, 10,000, hunting, gathering |
| Paleolithic people lived in small _____ or group, of about ______ people. | band; 30 |
| Each band searched for food within an area known as its ______ | home territory |
| Women and children gathered ____, ____, ____, and ____ and ____. | berries; nuts; fruit, eggs out of bird; turtle nests |
| The earliest shaped stones are known as _____, named after the _____ Gorge in eastern _____ where they were first discovered. Later people learned to knock long, sharp-edged chips called ____ from stones and use them as tools | Olduvan pebble tools; Olduvai; Africa; flakes |
| People as learned to make ____ during the Paleolithic age | fire |
| Early people usually ___ out in the open. They protected themselves from the wind by digging ___ in the ground or by crouching in ____. | camped; pits; in dry river beds |
| The first people on Earth are known as ____ or ____. Next came ____ or _____. Then between about ______ and _____ years ago, came _____ or _______ | Homo habilis; skillful man; Homo erectus; man who walks upright; 300,000; 200,000; Homo sapiens; man who thinks |
| There are two kind of Homo sapiens. The First is the _____, named after the _______ in _____ where their remains were first discovered in 1856. | Neanderthal; Neander River; Germany |
| Neanderthal people were good ____. They used ___ to catch large animals | hunters; pitfalls |
| Neanderthal were also ____; According to experts, Neanderthals were also the first people to ___ | builders;bury their dead. |
| The second kind of Homo sapiens is the _____, named after a _____ in ____ where their remains were first discovered in 1868. | Cro-Magnons; rock shelter; France. |
| Cro-Magnons were very skillful ____. They invented ____, which resembles a chisel. They also invented ____. | toolmakers; burin; axe; |
| Cro-Magnons were ___ as well as toolmakers | artist |
| In the ____, or New Stone Age, about ____, people changed from food _____ to food _____. They began to obtain most of their food from ____. | Neolithic; gatherers; producers; farming |
| Two important discoveries brought on the Neolithic Revolution. One was learning to ___ . The other was learning to ____. | grow food; herd animals |
| The earliest known villages in the world have been found in southwestern Asia. One of the oldest is ____ in the West Bank between ___ and ____. It dates back to about ____ B.C. Another is ____ in ____, which was founded about 500 year later. | Jericho; Israel; Jordan; 8000; Abu Hureyra; Syria |
| A third early village is ____ located in ____ | Catal Huyuk; Turkey |
| A result of increased food supplies was ______, or the development of occupations | specialization |
| Another development of Neolithic times was _____ | village government |
| Experts believe that the chiefs of most Neolithic villages also ____ | priests |
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