The Paleolithic Age
Paleolithic is also referred to as the _________
Old Stone Age
A change that has an enormous effect on people's way of life is called a __________
Revolution
A key invention helped with transportation and or farming
The Wheel or Plow
How did humans survive the Ice age?
humans built sturdier shelters, and changed their diets to include animal fat, they also relied on fire
What is the earliest period of human history?
The Paleolithic Age
What is Prehistory?
The time period before people started writing records
What does Neolithic mean?
New Stone Age
How many years is in a century?
100
The Ice Age brought about what "thing" that allowed further migration?
land bridge from Russia (Siberia) to North America (Alaska)
What is a benefit of the discovery of fire?
Warmth, protection against animals, cooked food influencing brains to grow.
What are nomads?
People who move from place to place
What is the Agricultural Revolution?
When people began to farm and moved away from sole dependence on hunting and gathering.
How did Early Humans "modify their enviorment" to improve farming?
They created an elaborate irrigation system.
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Name the four first civilizations that started in River Valleys.
Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, China
What is a hunter-gatherers main activity?
To search and hunt for food
What caused people to settle in one area during the Agricultural Revolution?
Farming
What is the Fertile Crescent?
A river valley where the first major civilizations emerged between Europe, Asia and Africa
People that did not have to farm began to __________ in new skills.
specialize
What are the 7 main characteristics of civilization?
Social Structure, Government, Culture, Stable Food Supply, Technology, Writing, and Religion
During the Paleolithic Age how did men kill animals?
Used clubs to beat animals, or drove/chased animals over cliffs
What is a possible factor that contributed to the Agricultural Revolution?
Warmer climates brought season change which helped grow annual plants
Give 2 characteristics used to describe a civilization?
Advanced level of organization, development in art, Development in science, development in government
Rock hit against what material made fire?
Flint
The rivers in the Fertile Crescent were used for