(1) Early Humans Review
These are people who move from place to place.
Nomads?
This time period began after the Paleolithic Era and means New Stone Age.
Neolithic time period
Most early humans settled down near these geographic features.
river valleys
During this time period, people hunted large game and gathered berries, nuts, and other food items.
Paleolithic and Mesolithic eras
Taming of animals and plants for human use
Domestication
Early humans showed scenes of their life and world (such as hunting) by creating images of these.
cave paintings
During the Neolithic Era, humans learned how to preform ______ which was a MAJOR world turning point for all of humanity.
Agriculture
Name 2 negatives of living of the agricultural revolution where people and animals live close to one another
War and diseases
Early humans began making new tools and discovering new methods to help them perform tasks which is called this.
technology
Once people had enough to feed their village they began to exchange their extra goods with other villages which is called this.
trade
Early humans made this discovery in the early to middle Paleolithic Era which forever changed their life t that time.
fire
The taming of animals and plants for human use is called this.
domestication
Early humans once they build permanent homes, made their shelters from what type of material.
mud-bricks, clay, stones, resources available in their region of the world, straw, hay?
Early humans (Paleolithic Era) were found and lived in these types of shelters.
caves, pit houses or simple houses made of mammoth bones
These are weapons, tools, and other items made by humans to study.
artifacts
This is the time period known as the Old Stone Age.
Paleolithic
During the early to middle Neolithic Era, humans continued to make weapons and tools from this type of material.
stones
This is the area of the world with the two earliest known civilizations.
the Middle East (fertile crescent or Mesopotamia) / Africa (Egypt)?
Name two ways fire changed the lives of Early Humans.
they used fire for warmth, to cook, for light, to scare away animals?
What is another term for farming
agriculture
Hominids and Early humans traveled from Africa to all around the world. Why?
climate change, hunting and gathering
What are 3 significant changes of the Agricultural Revolution. It can be all positive, all negative, or a little bit of both
Positive: Living in permanent homes, job specialization, surplus of food, population growth, communities being established, leaders rising, governments forming
Negative: Social inequality, Diseases increase, conflict and war over resources, poor land for crop growth
In order to get more work accomplished, people began to divide up jobs which is known as this.
specialization
Early humans had to survive times of extreme cold from about 100,000 BC until 8000 BC which is known as this time period.
Ice Ages
This is a method of bringing water to crops.
irrigation