Vocabulary Terms
These people human life in the past by examining the artifacts that they left behind.
Who are archaeologists?
Another name for the Paleolithic Era.
What is "Stone Age"?
Another name for the Neolithic Era.
What is "New Stone Age"?
During this time, the entire planet was frozen in ice with freezing cold temperatures.
What is the Ice Age?
the practice of farming, including cultivation of soil for growing plants
What is agriculture?
the time before written records.
What is prehistory?
This skeleton, the oldest ever found, nearly 3.5 million years old - thought to be the first human
Who is Lucy?
They have bigger brains and better tools
What are early humans during the Neolithic Era?
Two Ice Age animals that early humans most commonly hunted for food.
What are mammoths and sabertooth tigers?
the process of taming an animal and keeping it as a pet
What is domestication?
When people leave their homeland to live somewhere else; a seasonal movement
What is a migration?
Thought to be the place where our early human ancestors started.
What is East Africa?
The places of shelter where early humans lived in.
What are huts and caves?
Group of early humans who stuck together during the Ice Age for better hunting tactics
What are communities/bands?
When early humans learned to farm, this term refers to the abundance of food that the early humans had.
What is a surplus?
What is to adapt?
The roles that early humans took on to survive / get food.
What is hunter/gatherer?
The material that early humans used to make their tools and weapons.
What is stone and wood?
What are some challenges that early humans faced during the Ice Age?
freezing temperatures, scarce food, limited resources.
How did farming influence the permanency of early villages?
Farming created a surplus of food, so early humans didn't need to migrate as often to search for food.
more than what is needed; an abundance
What is surplus?
The time (years) period that the Paleolithic Era lasted.
What is 5-7 million years ago?
The time when the Neolithic Era began.
What is 8,000 - 10,000 years ago?
All of the ice begins to melt with the warmer temperatures - the ocean levels rise, the trees / plants grow back.
What is Climate Change? Or What is the end of The Ice Age?
Early humans' roles shifted from hunter/gatherers to more specific jobs like planting the seeds, setting up traps to catch fish, etc.
What is job specialization?