Vocabulary
What is a person who moves from place to place instead of living in one permanent location?
Nomad
What era was it when people survived mainly by hunting animals and gathering wild plants.
Paleolithic Era
What is the growing of crops and raising of animals for food and other resources?
Agriculture
What are are tools and methods people create to make tasks easier?
Technology
Which GRAPES focuses on the characteristic of civilization focuses on the physical location of a community, including its rivers, climate, and land?
Geography
Who are people who hunt animals and gather wild plants for food?
Hunter-gatherers
What was the long period that had a much colder climate, and large areas of Earth were covered by ice?
Ice Age
What is s a community where people live in one place for a long time?
Permanent settlement
What is an Oldowan chopper?
An early stone tool was used to create sharp flakes for cutting and other tasks
Which GRAPES focuses on the characteristic that includes spiritual beliefs and practices related to a higher power.
Religion
What is the exchange of goods or services between people or communities?
Trade
What 2 activities did early humans use to to obtain most of their food before farming became common?
Hunting & Gathering
What are places Early Humans often built settlements near these because they provided water for people, animals, and crops?
Rivers and sources of water
What is a blade or spear point?
Paleolithic people used this tool to hunt animals.
Which GRAPES focuses on the characteristic of civilization focuses on the characteristic of how a community is governed, how decisions are made, and how rules are established?
Politics
What is it called when people focus on a particular job or skill, such as farming, making tools, or creating pottery?
Job Specialization
During the Paleolithic Era, people often moved to new locations when food became scarce. What is this movement called?
Migration
How did farming allow some people to take on jobs other than producing food?
Extra food could support people who made tools, built houses, created pottery, or traded goods
What is a bone hook?
Made from bone, this tool helped Paleolithic people catch fish.
Which GRAPES focuses on money and the trading of goods, resources, or services?
Economics
What was the major change from relying mainly on hunting and gathering to farming and raising animals?
Neolithic Revolution
why did a nomadic hunter-gatherer group might move to a different location?
To find food, water, better shelter, or other resources
What are 2 major changes that happened when farming and permanent settlements became more common?
People lived in permanent communities, populations grew, jobs became specialized, and trade and leadership developed.
What is adaptation?
A change or behavior that helps a living thing survive
As farming communities grew, small groups called bands could develop into tribes and chiefdoms. What role did leaders play in these communities?
They helped make decisions, solve problems, and organize the community.