Prehistory
What is prehistory?
The time before written records were kept
What is B.C.E?
Before the Common Era
In the word prehistory, the prefix "pre" means this.
Before
What are oral traditions?
Most of food grown, fruits and nuts gathered, small game hunted, large variety of tools and weapons used to help catch/kill/grow food
What is the largest continent by area?
Asia
What "invention" ends the prehistoric era?
Writing
What is a nomad?
a person who has no single settled home and moves from place to place to find food
What is hunting and gathering?
the earliest ways of getting food
What is Anthropologist's term for "upright walkers"?
Hominids
What is the largest ocean by area?
The Pacific Ocean
What type of scientist would find and study ancient human tools and structures?
Archaeologist
Approximately how many years ago did people begin farming?
10,000 years ago
What is domesticate?
to tame animals for human use
Who created the theory of Natural Selection (Evolution)?
Charles Darwin
What do scientist call the constantly, slow movement of the Earth's Crust?
Plate Tectonics
What prehistory period means "Old Stone" in English?
Paleolithic
What was used before people learned to use written language?
cave paintings
On what continent did the oldest hominids live?
Africa
What is the theory of evolution?
Nature Selects successful traits and over time species evolve to "fit" their environment.
What is the only continent currently uninhabited by humans (except scientists)?
Antarctica
What invention started the Neolithic Revolution?
Agriculture
What is the name of the fossil hominid that GREATLY influenced scientists understanding of human evolution?
Lucy
What was animal skins/fur used for?
This was the earliest clothing material.
Name the 5 reasons why fire was important to the Paleolithic people.
warmth, hunting, cooking food, scaring away animals, and light
What ocean separates Europe and Africa from North and South America?
The Atlantic Ocean