vocabulary
Who studies history?
How did early humans live?
Paleolithic humans
100

Paleo means ____ and Lithic means _____.

old, rock

100

I study human life in the past by examining the things people left behind

Archaeologists

100

They were _______, meaning they moved from place to place (they had no permanent towns or homes.

nomadic

100

Humans lived in small groups because they were _________.

hunter-gatherers

200

What includes the many things that make up the way of life of a group of people (social/family organization, beliefs, technology, shelter, clothing, art, activities, etc.)?

culture

200

have to look for artifacts, fossils, and other evidence to piece together clues

Archaeologists

200

Humans would ____ and look for food like_____

hunt, berries

200

About 2.5 million years ago, humans made the first tools out of _______ .

stone

300

What is anything made and used by humans?

Artifacts

300

I study human events, ways of life, and culture throughout time

Historians

300

Early humans had very _______ lives. Every day was a ___________ battle.

difficult, life or death

300

Around 800,000 years ago people learned how to use _______

fire

400

What is the study of how human beings behave, how they act together, where they came from, and what makes one group of people different from another?

Anthropology

400

With fire, people could have _____, cook food, and  ______wild animals. It had the long term benefit of letting people move to colder climates.

warmth, scare off

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