Human Migration
According to historical evidence, early humans originated on this continent before spreading across the globe.
Africa
Another word for Old Stone Age
the Paleolithic Age
Another term for the New Stone Age
the Neolithic Age?
Discovered in the Alps, this nickname was given to the 5,000-year-old mummified human found frozen in the ice
Ötzi the Iceman
The long periods of extreme cold on Earth that exposed the land bridge to the Americas.
What are the Ice Ages?
Factors that force humans out of a location—like climate changes or lack of food and water during the Ice Age—are known as this type of factor.
Push factors
This is something early humans made to tell stories
cave paintings?
During this, humans learned how to farm and made permanent settlements
Neolithic Revolution?
Preserved alongside Ötzi's body were several items he carried, including a medicine bag, boots, and an axe. Historians classify these man-made objects left behind by past societies as these
Artifacts
The period of time before writing was invented.
What is prehistory?
Early humans first migrated out of Africa from this specific geographic region.
Great Rift Valley
Name 2 pieces of tech from the Old Stone Age
controlled fire, spears, bow and arrow, axe...
A surplus of food led to this, which is training for a particular job or type of work.
What is specialization?
Ötzi's discovery gave historians a deep look into human life during this specific metal-focused era transition near the end of the Stone Age.
Copper Age
In modern history timeline labels, what do the letters BCE stand for?
Before Common Era
To reach North and South America, prehistoric human groups crossed this land bridge.
Bering Land Strait
Stone Age humans created tools by chipping away pieces off the edges of rocks to shape them. What was this toolmaking process called?
Flaking
Humans started to switch from living in caves and temporary huts to...
Permanent settlements
Ötzi's body was remarkably preserved with over 60 of these markings made on his skin, which scientists believe may have been an early form of medical treatment
Tattoos
How did people walk around the city of Catal Huyuk?
Walked on the roofs of houses
Early humans used rafts and island-hopping techniques to reach these two regions in the Southern Hemisphere.
Southeast Asia and Australia
Besides stone, name two other natural materials Paleolithic humans commonly used to make simple tools and weapons
Bone, wood, leather
to train something to be useful to people
Domestication
What metal weapon did Ötzi carry that showed historians people knew how to work with metal earlier than they thought?
Copper axe
The study of objects to learn about past human life.
What is archaeology?