Stages
Another name for the New Stone Age
Neolithic
A person who has no single settled home and moves from place to place to find food
Nomad
Which are considered the most important elements for early humans?
Art and religion
It was the last metal used by early humans
Iron
Considered technology, early Stone Age people made these out of stone.
Tools and weapons
Is the earliest period of Prehistory
Paleolithic
This is how Prehistoric people arrived in North America.
By the Bearing Strait
Culture is...
a group of people having similar backgrounds, incomes, and ways of living
Why early humans mixed copper and tin?
To make stronger tools and weapons
A period when the northern continents were buried under ice and snow
Ice age
The event that marked the end of Prehistory
The invention of writing
The earliest ways of getting food
Hunting and gathering
With this element, early humans settled the first unwritten rules
Customs and traditions
First metal used by humans
Copper
Why cave paintings didn't include a written description of what was happening?
Because they were drawn before people learned to use written language
This stage was a transition period, is when humans started to develop a culture
Mesolithic
This activity emerged in the Mesolithic and improved the life of early humans
Fishing
When you have surplus, specialization of labor, a system of government, social classes, and a developed culture
Civilization
What technology was needed for the use of metals?
Fire = reach high temperatures
Explain how the early humans used fire ( 3 reasons)
For protection, to cook and to stay warm
The harvesting of plants and the raising of domesticated animals.
First Agricultural Revolution
This was the earliest clothing material.
animal skins/fur
Which source prehistoric wall art (cave paintings) would be considered?
Primary source
Mention IN ORDER the metal ages
Copper -- Bronze -- Iron
Having more than is needed at one time
Surplus