Paleo-Neo
Name of the man that died ~ 5,300 years ago?
Otzi, what was the last theory of the cause of his death?
What is another name for the Paleolithic Period? Old Stone Age
Old Stone Age, Why?
Another name for Neolithic Era
New Stone Age
study of past people and cultures through their material remains
Archeologist. How do they find material remains?
groups of people who have a complex and organized society
What is a civilization?
An object used or made by human during a given time period.
Artifacts. What type of source is an artifact?
How did people get their food during the Paleolithic Era?
Hunting and gathering. what were these people called?
How did people get their food?
- Farming/ Animal domestication
These people record and form a perspective on historical events.
Historians. What might they document?
Why did cities and civilizations began to rise?
Farming and Agriculture spread to other parts of the world.
Define surplus
Having more than is needed of something. What were farmers doing with the surplus they had?
This people moved from place to place following their prey.
Nomads. What type of lifestyle did they live?
What type of shelter did people in the Neolithic era have? 3 Part answer
1. Permanent
2. Villages
3. Huts
Study Towns, Bridges, Natural features of the Earth.
Geographers. They _____ the past?
3 examples of primary sources
teacher graded
Items found with Otzi are called and considered what?
Artifacts and Primary sources. Why?
What type of shelter/lifestyle did they have?
1. Type
2. Time- span
3. lifestyle
1. Caves or Temporary huts
2. Temporary
3. Nomadic
2 new developments (advancements) from the Neolithic Age
- Farming (agriculture)
- Complex crafts (Pottery, weaving, etc)
- Job Specialization
- Metal Tools
It is hard to learn about Prehistory because....
There were no written records.
3 examples of a secondary source
Multiple options
- teacher graded
Define Primary source.
- Artifact or source made by a person experiencing the event in real time
What is an example?
Name 2 advancements from the Paleolithic Age. Give at least 1 example of what each was used for.
Fire: Cooking, protection, warmth, and light
Stone tools: Hunting, Gathering
Why was the Neolithic Era able to sustain a larger population rather than only 10-12 people?
They had a reliable food source. What was it?
Define Secondary source
- Written after the fact of an event. Person did not experience the event.
* typically opinion based or the re-interpreted
A news paper is a what type of source? Can it be more than one? Why?
- Could be considered a Primary or Secondary
- 2nd: Reflecting on a past event or giving opinion
- 1: reporting on facts of an event in current time