Paleolithic
What is the Paleolithic age?(What's another name for it?)
The old stone age.
What is the Neolithic age?(What is it called?)
The new stone age.
Particular, important words for topics that you learn.
What's geography?
"the nature and relative arrangement of places and physical features."
What are punishments?
The infliction of pain or loss upon a person for being a very bad ugly person.
What is another phrase that refers to the Paleolithic Era?
“The Old Stone Age”
Which factor was MOST responsible for villages developing into cities?
a surplus of food allowing for populations to grow
What is “Animism”?
A religious belief that the natural and social world is filled with spirits.
On which continent have archeologists made the most major archeological discoveries?
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Africa
Read the excerpt from Hammurabi’s Code.
“If a man has knocked out the eye of a patrician [aristocrat], his eye shall be knocked out. . . If he
has knocked out the eye of a plebeian [commoner] . . . he shall pay one mina of silver. If he has
knocked out the eye of a patrician’s servant . . . he shall pay half his value.”
What does this quote illustrate about the nature of Hammurabi’s Code?
The law did not treat all members of society equally.
Why was the Paleolithic Era called the Stone Age?
It was the first time that early humans invented tools and weapons out of stone to aid in hunting to survive.
How might the use of fire have affected human migration?
People could live in places that otherwise would have been too cold.
What does the term “Barter” mean?
A trading system in which people exchange goods directly without using money.
Study the graph. Outside of Israel, where do the largest number of Jews live today?
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in the United States.
What pattern did the laws in Hammurabi’s Code follow?
offense, punishment
What types of information can scientists learn from the discovery of fossils, artifacts, etc.?
The approximate age of the skeleton via comparing/radioactive dating methods.
Why did the earliest civilizations appear near rivers?
Because the rivers flooded and left behind fertile soil
What is Polytheism?
The religious belief in more than one god.
Which statement describes the significance of the item shown?
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Prehistoric people developed tools to survive.
When archaeologists study an excavation site, objects found closer to the surface are ______________.
Not as old as those found in deeper layers. They are younger in terms of age.
The economy of early villages and cities was based mainly on ___________?
farming.
What is Cuneiform?
A system of writing that uses triangular-shaped symbols to stand for words, ideas, or sounds.
Selected Actions of Prehistoric People:
Following herds of animals
Burying the dead with beads
Clearing trees and bushes
Domesticating animals for food
Look at the table listing actions of prehistoric people. Which actions indicate people were modifying their environment? Choose the TWO correct answers.
Clearing trees and bushes
Domesticating animals for food