Key Vocab #1
This term describes a physical feature that protects humans, provides resources, or supports survival.
Natural Shield
A physical feature that blocks, slows down, or stops human movement and survival is also known by this one-word nickname.
What is a "wall"
According to fossil and geographic evidence, early humans first evolved ~200,000 years ago in this region.
East Africa
In a Freezing Tundra environment, early humans crafted bone needles to turn animal hides into this essential survival item.
Leather / Warm Clothing?
This is a harsh environmental condition or hardship that forces people to leave their home region
Push Factor
This type of biome often served as an almost impassable "wall" to early human migration due to extreme heat and lack of water.
Desert
Around 70,000 years ago, early humans began moving out of Africa to live in other regions, a movement known by this vocabulary term.
Migration
In dense forests, early humans crafted stone hand axes to solve this basic survival need.
What is cutting wood or building shelters?
The process by which early humans changed their behavior, tools, or lifestyle to survive in different environments and climates.
Adaptation
What is the term for a physical feature that provides food/seafood resources or serving as a natural barrier against predators/enemies?
Natural Shield
This strip of dry land exposed during the Ice Age connected Northeast Asia (Siberia) to North America (Alaska)
Early humans living near coastal waters adapted by making harpoons and fishhooks out of this natural material.
What is Bone (or Shell/Stone)?
Any tool, method, or invention created from natural materials to solve problems and meet basic survival needs.
Technology
Explain how the ocean can act as a Geographic Border ("Wall").
What is by stopping or preventing humans from crossing without boat technology?
When migrating northeast out of Africa, early humans had to bypass two major desert "walls" in this region.
What is the Middle East / Sahara-Arabian Desert regions?
On open savannas, early humans invented this leverage tool (also called an Atlatl) to throw spears farther when hunting large game.
What is a Spear-Thrower?
The earliest period of human history, defined primarily by the creation and use of chipped stone tools.
Paleolithic Era
This major climate event acted as a "Wall" by making northern climates freezing, but acted as a "Pathway" by lowering sea levels to expose land bridges.
Ice Age
Place these regions in the order early humans migrated through them, starting from the origin point: North America, East Africa, Middle East, Asia.
What is East Africa ➔ Middle East ➔ Asia ➔ North America?
During the Paleolithic Era, humans obtained their food through these two primary survival methods instead of farming.
What is Hunting and Gathering?