| A | B |
|---|
| made stone tools | characteristic of the Paleolithic period |
| hunted and gathered food, nomadic, and lived in clans | characteristics of a hunter-gatherer society |
| various times in different parts of the world | the development of agriculture |
| Middle Stone Age | "Mesolithic" means... |
| "Paleolithic" means... | old stone age |
| radiocarbon dating measures the amount of radioactive elements | determines the age of artifacts |
| migrated to warmer climates, developed clothing, controlled fire | 3 effects of the Ice Age |
| clans | groups based on family ties |
| New Stone Age | "Neolithic" means... |
| Africa | continent where all early forms of hominids appeared |
| Paleolithic period | period when all early forms of hominids appeared |
| wild plants and animals | prehistoric man depended on these to survive |
| artifact | a historic object made or used by humans |
| 2 theories of how "we" got "here" | evolution and creationism |
| archaelologist | a scientist who interprets artifacts to understand earlier peoples and cultures |
| thinks, reasons and solve complex problems, walks upright, talks | differences between man and primate |
| Europe, Asia, & eventually the Americas and Australia | locations of where early man migrated to after leaving Africa |
| Neolithic period | use of loom to weave during... |
| culture | way of life of a people at a given time |
| NOMAD-WD | people who travel constantly to find food and water with no permanent home |
| Paleolithic period | development of cave art was during... |
| Paleolithic period | began to use fire during... |
| Mesolithic period | created pottery during... |
| Neolithic period | began to domesticate farm animals during... |
| Ice Age | long period of cold climate |
| Neolithic period | development of agriculture during.... |
| deities | another name for gods and goddesses |
| Neolithic Revolution | period when people shifted from hunting and gathering to agriculture and herding...VERY IMPORTANT!!!! |
| wheat, potatoes, rice and maize(corn) | main crops of early man |
| specialization of labor | using skills to perform specific jobs |
| new food supplies | during old stone age, this was the reason people moved from place to place |
| hominid | a member of the group that includes human beings and all earlier "human-like" creatures |
| domesticate | to tame animals or plants to serve human needs |
| Stonehenge | archaeological site begun in the Neolithic Age located in present-day England |
| technological advance and population growth | steady food supply quickened its pace |
| gave man a reliable source of food, man was not as dependent on nature and man was no longer nomadic | reasons why early man developed farming and herding |
| GEOGRAPHY-WD | the study of the earth and its people |
| PREHISTORY-WD | time before written history |
| How old is the earth? | 4.4 billion years old |
| a stone bead, a metal blade, remains of a cooking pot | examples of artifacts |
| why bronze was a favored metal | easy to mold & had sharp cutting edges |
| clan | group of people living together linked by family ties |
| a god or goddess | deity |
| Homo sapiens developed in Africa between | 400,000 BC - 100,000 BC |
