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| What is the term for a person who finds or digs up and interprets evidence of early humans? | archaeologist |
| Because there was no writing in prehistory, archaeologists use what as evidence? | fossils and artifacts |
| What is the term for an old organic substance that has turned to stone? | fossils |
| What is the term for the period of time prior to written records? | prehistory |
| What is the name of the circular structure created in England Neolithic Era? | Stonehenge |
| What is the term for an old object that was shaped by human hands? | artifacts |
| What influenced the lives of early hunter-gatherer societies? | their physical environment; for example, glaciers |
| Homo-sapiens migrated from Africa to ... | Europe, Australia, and the Americas |
| What were the characteristics of the earliest humans? | nomads, traveled in clans, lived in caves, hunted and gathered food |
| What did hunters and gatherers depend on? | wild plants and animals |
| What is another name for the Old Stone Age? | Paleolithic Era (Age) |
| What type of societies or cultures migrate in search of food, water, and shelter? | nomadic |
| What did the early humans use to make the first tools and weapons? | stone and bone |
| What did early hunter-gatherer societies first learn to make that enhanced (helped) their chances of survival? | fire |
| How did early hunters and gatherers communicate? | with oral language |
| What was usually depicted (shown) in Cave art? | animals scenes related to hunting |
| During which era did the Agricultural Revolution occur? | Neolithic Era (Age) |
| What first resulted from the Agricultural Revolution? | permanent settlements |
| What is the term for a huge sheet of ice? | glacier |
| What is the term for the skills and tools that people use to meet their needs? | technology |
| What were the characteristics of the Paleolithic Age? | tools (stone and bone), fire, oral language, nomadic |
| What was the Agricultural Revolution? | the change from hunting and gathering to farming, also called the Agricultural Revolution |
| What did the earliest humans leave as simple records of their lives in Spain, France, and Africa? | cave paintings |
| Artisans, weaving of cloth, metal working and pottery making are examples of | specialization |
| Where did human acestors walk upright about 3 to 4 million years ago? | Eastern Africa, in the Great Rift Valley and Olduvai Gorge |
| When did Homo Sapiens emerge in Africa? | 100,000 BC to 400,000 BC |
| What occurred during the Agricultural Revolution? | domestication of animals, planting of crops, using advanced tools |
| What is the name of the scientific test used to determine the age of old, organic objects? | carbon dating |
| Where did early humans first settle? | near rivers |
What is the best title for this picture?,  | Stonehenge |
| What resulted from the END of the Ice Age? | Earth warmed, glaciers melted, people were finally able to settle down and farm. |
| Early religious beliefs were based on gods and goddesses associated with --? | nature (animism) and polytheism (many gods). |
| What is a clan? | A small group of 30 to 40 people that lived together in the Paleolithic? |
| Aleppo, Jericho | Examples of some of the first Neolithic cities in the Fertile Crescent closely studied by archeologists. |
| What is it called when people start to learn special skills like weaving and pottery? | job specialization |
| What is the word that means "extra"? It allowed civilizations to begin. | surplus |
| Catal Huyuk | A Neolithic settlement in Anatolia (Turkey) still being studied by archaeologists today. |
