Prehistory vs. History
Stories told by world of mouth
What is oral tradition?
How historians divide the Stone Age.
What are the Old, Middle and New Stone Ages?
What is domestication?
New Stone Age Farming settlements eventually grew into __________________.
What are cities/towns?
This advancement allowed people to transport many products at once and increased trade.
What is the Wheel and Axel?
Someone who studies artifacts to learn about people/cultures from the past.
What is an archaeologist?
What is a nomad?
It is believed that agriculture began shortly after this world event.
What is the Ice Age?
Families became larger because there was a __________________ of food.
What is a surplus?
During this era, people learned how to mix copper and tin to create a durable metal.
What is the Bronze Age?
What is prehistory?
Tools became more sophisticated/precise during this era.
What is the Middle Stone Age?
When the inherited traits of a population develop/advance to survive new conditions/environments.
What is natural selection?
A worker skilled in crafting items by hand.This class emerged shortly after the development of agriculture.
What is an artisan?
A group of people having similar backgrounds, incomes, and lifestyles.
What is a social class?
Refers to both humans and their relatives.
What is a hominid?
This advancement allowed people to live wherever they wanted.
What is fire?
What are rivers?
society that has cities, a central government run by official leaders, and workers who specialize in various jobs.
What is a civilization?
This group of people was in a separate social class.
What are slaves?
Footprints in East Africa.
What was the earliest evidence of humanity?
New Stone Age advancement that resulted in gender roles.
What is farming/agriculture.
People who travel in search of food with their livestock.
What is a pastoral nomad?
Cities are different from farming villages because they contain these structures:
What are government/public buildings?
What are
Kings
Nobles/Priests
Artisans
Farmers?