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| homo sapiens | The earliest modern humans are called ____. |
| 200,000 BCE | When did the earliest modern humans appear? |
| Africa | Humans are believed to have originated from the continent of _____. |
| hunted and gathered | How did the earliest humans get their food? |
| nomadic | A culture that travels form place to place is a _____ culture. |
| 2.5 million years ago | The Paleolithic period started about _____. |
| 12,000 BCE | The Paleolithic period lasted until about _____. |
| the Stone Age | The Paleolithic period is also known as _____. |
| Stone Age | During the _____, humans developed simple tools made out of stone, clay, and wood. |
| language | Early humans developed _____ to communicate while hunting in groups |
| communities | Early humans formed _____ around strong leaders. |
| fire | The use of controlled _____ was one important innovation of early humans. |
| cave paintings | Early humans developed simple art in the form of _____. |
| land bridge | About 40,000 years ago, people used a _____ to migrate. |
| 8000 BCE to 5000 BCE | The Neolithic period lasted from about _____. |
| the News Stone Age | The Neolithic period is also known as _____. |
| Agriculture | _____ first developed during the Neolithic period. |
| the Middle East | The first evidence of agriculture was found in what region? |
| Fertile Crescent | The area where agriculture started is known as the _____. |
| Domestication | _____ was important to the development of early agricultural societies. |
| goats and sheep | The first animals to be domesticated for agriculture were _____. |
| plow and sickle | Development of agriculture also led to innovations such as the _____. |
| Slash and burn | _____ was a technique used to clear fields. |
| settlements | The invention of agriculture led to the development of permanent _____. |
| Catal Huyuk | One of the earliest agricultural cities ever found is _____. |
| contagious diseases | A major problem for early agricultural societies was _____. |
| water | Most major early civilizations developed near _____. |
| division of labor | A _____ allows workers to specialize in a particular task. |
| food surpluses | Improved farming caused _____, which meant fewer people were needed to farm. |
| Nile | Ancient Egyptian civilization developed around the _____ River. |
