Vocabulary
Moving to a new place
Migration
Belief that the natural world is full of spirits
Animism
How would a human adapt to colder temperatures after the last Ice Age?
Making huts from mammoth bones and animal skin, keeping a fire going. Using animal skins to keep themselves warm as clothes.
What could have a spirit if you believed in animism?
Trees, weather, water, rocks, animals
The center of agriculture was
Southwest Asia
Group of people living in similar economic conditions
Social Class
Complex society that has cities, a well-organized government, and workers with specialized job skills
Civilization
Scientist believe this is where humans originated from before migrating.
East Africa
What can cave art tell us about early Stone Age culture?
Had a complex culture
Name two things that could harm farming
Weather and disease
Time before humans invented writing
Prehistory
Act of concentrating on a limited number of goods or activities
Specialization
Neanderthals
When the Neolithic Era started, glaciers melted and the world became warmer. Leaving some animals to become extinct, while others adapted and became domesticated. Humans also domesticated plants for crops. This is called the...
Neolithic Agricultural Revolution
Uruk, Middle East (Mesopotamia)
Surroundings
Environment
Adapt
How did hunter-gatherers get their food?
By hunting small animals and gathering plants. (scavenging for food left by predators)
What did nomads do?
Move place to place without having a permanent home
The earliest civilizations are all found near these, a geographical landform. Give an example of one.
Rivers
A complete change in ways of thinking, working, or living
Revolution
Study of humankind in all aspects, especially development and culture
Anthropology
Fossils are remains of living things, artifacts are remains of things that are human made.
Domesticated animals weren't just used for food, what else could they provide?
What are the 8 features of a civilization?
Cities, organized government, established religion, public works, arts and architecture, writing, job specialization and social classes