Hunter-Gatherers
The Stone Age.
This gender was responsible for hunting large animals.
Men.
Paleolithic people were the first to develop this.
Technology.
After the last ice age ended, this age began, marking the end of nomadic lifestyles, and a shift to systematic agriculture.
The Neolithic Age.
This is one of the oldest Neolithic farming communities, located on the West Bank.
Jericho
This is why historians decided on the name "Stone Age" for the early part of human history.
People used stone to make tools and weapons.
This is where women stayed, and was their primary functionality.
Close to camp, watched children and foraged (gathered naturally growing nuts, berries and grains.)
This is one of the first technologies that Paleolithic people developed and used.
Flint technology.
Historians and archaeologists hypothesize that during the ice age, this appeared and allowed North America to become populated by Paleolithic peoples. DOUBLE POINTS!!
A land bridge (Beringia)
These are two reasons people were happy to settle in villages.
Living in a community meant security and an easier life.
The name for the earliest part of the Stone Age, beginning 2.5 million years ago and lasting until 8000 B.C.
The Paleolithic Age.
Before the Paleolithic Era, these served as tools.
Sticks, stones, and tree branches.
By the end of the Paleolithic Age, people were making _____ and _____ tools.
Smaller, sharper
Population.
Catalhuyuk is a Neolithic community located in Turkey. The people lived in mud-brick houses that were close together, and the doorways were located here. Holy places called ____ were also found in this community.
This the main activity for survival among paleolithic people and consumed most of their waking hours.
Hunting and gathering.
Paleolithic camps often located near these.
Streams or other bodies of water.
Paleolithic people living in cold and warm climates adapted in these ways to survive.
Made clothing from animal skins to stay warm, sought protection in available natural shelters and gradually began to construct shelters out of animal skin and bones, brush, wood, and even ice and snow. In warmer climates, less clothing was needed but people sought shelter in caves or huts for protection.
Neolithic people located their villages were normally near these two geographic features.
fields and a water source (especially rivers)
With a steady food supply, Neolithic people began to take up specific jobs as their talents allowed, otherwise known as this.
Specialization.
This is when recorded time began (how many years ago).
About 5,500 years ago.
When hunting, Paleolithic people at first used ____ or ______ to kill them, later they used ____ and ____ which increased their chances of catching prey.
clubs, drove animals off cliffs, traps, spears
This is how archaeologists believe fire was first learned to be used.
Friction.
The most recent ice age began about this long ago and lasted about this long. DOUBLE POINTS
100,000 years, 90,000 years
Craftspeople in western Asia discovered that mixing these two elements formed bronze, ushering in the Bronze Age which occurred between 3000 and 1200 B.C.
copper and tin