Vocab
Eras
Early Hominids
Farming
Hunters and Gatherers
100
The study of the past
What is history
100
The first part of the Stone Age, also known as the Old Stone Age.
What is Paleolithic Era
100
Name means "wise man". Same species as modern human beings.
What is Homo Sapiens
100
A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks.
What is silt
100
Hunter-Gatherers used this to cook their food with.
What is fire
200
The knowledge, beliefs, customs, and values as a group of people.
What is culture
200
Began more than 10,000 years ago and lasted to about 5,000 years ago in some places.
What is Mesolithic Era.
200
Name means "southern ape". Appeared in Africa about 4-5 million years ago.
What is Australopithecus
200
Considered new technology in the middle ages that helped with farming faster.
What is the plow
200
People who hunt animals and gather wild plants, seeds, fruits, and nuts to survive.
What is Hunter-Gatherers
300
Materials found in the earth that people need and value
What is resources
300
Began 10,000 years ago in Southwest Asia.
What is the Neolithic Era
300
Name means "handy man". Appeared in Africa about 2.4 million years ago. They used early stone tools for chopping and scraping.
What is Homo Habilis
300
When you have more food than needed.
What is food surplus
300
A community of people who share a common culture.
What is society
400
An early ancestor of humans.
What is a hominid
400
Also know as the New Stone Age.
What is the Neolithic Era
400
Name means "upright man". Appeared in Africa about 2-1.5 million years ago. Used early stone tools like the hand ax.
What is Homo Erectus
400
A way of supplying water to an area of land. It increased the amount of food farmers were able to grow.
What is irrigation
400
A way of communicating.
What is Language
500
It is the study of the past based on what people left behind.
What is archeology
500
Also known as the Middle Stone Age.
What is the Mesolithic Era
500
Developed Language.
What is Homo Sapiens
500
A large arc of rich, or fertile, farmland.
What is Fertile Crescent
500
A volcanic glass that people in the Stone Ages used to make knife blades and arrowheads.
What is obsidian
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