Key Terms
to tame animals and raise them to be used by humans
domesticate
How did people get their food during the OSA?
Hunting and Gathering
The best soil to grow crops was called...
Fertile
What does BC & BCE stand for when discussing time?
Before Christ & Before Common Era
How did scientists learn about the Iceman's life?
Studying his clothing, tools, and body
a person who has no single, settled home
nomad
T or F - Humans had plenty of time to create new tools and weapons.
False
The first "crop" from seeds was...
wild grass
What does AD & CE stand for when discussing time?
anno Domini & Common Era.
Why did ancient Egyptian civilization settle on the banks of the Nile?
Regular flooding led to rich farming conditions.
a worker who is especially skilled in making items such as baskets and leather goods
artisan
T or F - Most all of human prehistory took place during the OSA.
True
How did tools and weapons change during the NSA?
More specialized for different jobs
Which date is the oldest?
A 3500 BCE
B 3500 BC
C 3500 AD
D 4500 BC
D 4500 BC
How did farming change the way early people lived?
They settled in one place.
supplying land with water from another place
irrigation
What was the main reason OSA humans were Nomads?
Search for food
What did farming settlements need to develop into cities?
A dependable source of water
Who would have been most likely to spread new information and tools from one civilization to another?
A trader
In the words PREHISTORY and PREHISTORIC, the prefix PRE means what?
Before
the written and other recorded events of people
history
How was information passed along before writing?
Oral Tradition; storytelling
The reason humans shifted from the OSA to the NSA was...
Farming
What is necessary to characterize a civilization in the ancient world?
A system of writing
Rapid population growth came as a result of what?
Surplus food.