Paleolithic Era
This is the name for the period also known as the Old Stone Age, which lasted from 2,500,000 BCE to 10,000 BCE.
What is the Paleolithic Era?
Most scientists believe that the first humans originated on this continent.
What is Africa?
This is another name for the Neolithic Era, characterized by the development of farming and permanent settlements.
What is the New Stone Age?
This key crop was first cultivated in Central America.
Corn
This describes the lifestyle of early humans who lived in small groups and moved to find new food sources.
What is a hunter-gatherer and nomadic lifestyle?
This was the primary reason humans began migrating from Africa to other parts of the world.
What is the need to follow the animals they hunted?
This major shift in human lifestyle from nomadic to sedentary is known as the Neolithic Agricultural Revolution.
What is the transition from a nomadic lifestyle to a sedentary one?
This key crop was a staple in China
Rice
In addition to stone, early humans in the Paleolithic Era used these two materials to make weapons.
What are bones and antlers?
During the Ice Age, these strips of dry land connected continents and allowed for human migration.
What are land bridges?
This climate change, with increased temperatures and rainfall, led to longer growing seasons about 9,000 years ago.
What is a warming climate?
This process began when humans learned to tame wild animals for their own benefit.
What is animal domestication?
A key benefit of controlling this around 800,000 years ago was that it provided warmth, light, and protection from predators.
What is fire?
This is the only continent that humans did not reach during the course of their long migration.
What is Antarctica?
This is the region believed to be the first center of agriculture.
What is southeastern Asia?
These three animals are mentioned as being domesticated for their milk, food, and wool.
What are sheep, goats, and pigs?
This was a result of improved technology in the Paleolithic Era, allowing early humans to hunt more effectively.
What is the ability to hunt larger animals?
The discovery of this, which allowed them to grow their own food, was a key outcome of the Great Migration.
What is fertile soil?
People in the Neolithic Era began to settle near these two geographical features to ensure their crops had a reliable water source.
What are lakes and rivers?
This was the main benefit of domesticating plants and animals for early humans.
What is a more reliable food source?