Studying Prehistory
Early Hunters/Gatherers
Stone Age
Agriculture
Miscellaneous
100
What does prehistory mean?
Prehistory is that long period of time before people developed systems of writing or written language.
100
Some scholars believe that early people _____ from East Africa to Asia and Europe thousands of years ago.
migrated
100
What is the Stone Age?
A period of time during which humans relied primarily on stone tools.
100
What is agriculture?
The raising of plants and animals for human use.
100
Define culture
Culture includes the technology, customs, beliefs, and art of those people.
200
________ is the study of past cultures through the things that remain such as buildings, tools, or pottery.
Archaeology
200
What is Beringia?
A prehistoric "land bridge" that once connected Asia and North America.
200
True or False. Humans made tools and weapons out of bone and wood during the Stone Age.
True
200
What animals did ancient people begin to domesticate?
dogs, goats, cattle, and sheep
200
What is anthropology?
Anthropology is the study of how people have developed and live in cultural groups.
300
Give 3 examples of artifacts an archaeologist might study.
tools, weapons, jewelry, pottery
300
What did archaeologists find at Monte Verde, Chile?
They found artifacts that suggest a group of hunter-gatherers lived in the Americas before the Clovis people.
300
Which marked the the beginning of the New Stone Age the use of polished rock tools or domestication of crops?
The use of polished rock tools.
300
How animals contribute to the development of agriculture?
People could raise more crops than they needed and sell the surplus.
300
What does domestication mean?
make tame
400
Archeologist draw conclusions about prehistoric people by analyzing ___________.
artifacts
400
Why do you think cave paintings often showed grazing animals or people hunting?
Animals were important because they were a source of food. The people drew what was important to them.
400
(Desert or Mountain) cultures used plant stems and fibers to make twine, baskets, and sandals.
Desert
400
What factors could affect the development of people in a region?
landforms, plants, animals, climate
400
What were the main crops grown throughout Europe?
grains, beans, peas, and lentils
500
Who did scholars believe the Clovis people to be?
For many years, scholars believed that the Clovis people were the first Americans.
500
What are glaciers?
huge ice sheets that cover great stretches of land.
500
Very little progress was made during the _____ Stone Age.
Old
500
What did surplus food lead to during the Stone Age? A. social divisions within a community B. technology C. domestication of animals
A. social divisions within a community
500
Who are nomads?
People who traveled from place to place.
M
e
n
u