Out of Africa
Mix and Match
Farming
Specialization and Trade
Early Human Survival
100
T/F The bones found in Africa were expected to be newer than those found other places.
False
100
What is the function of the image?
Prehistoric tools for survival
100
How did some early people prepare wooded areas for farming?
Some cleared trees and bushes with fire.
100
What led to people being able to specialize?
Food surplus
100
Earliest peoples were known to use this source of food.
hunt / gather
200
T/F Out of Africa is the most popular theory supported by bones and other evidence dug up by archaeologists.
True
200
What can this dig site tell archaeologists?
Age of skeleton and tools / pottery used.
200
Name two pros (positives) of farming.
-produced more food and required less land.
-Settlements became more permanent because less land was needed.
-New materials and foods were available.
200
Food surplus and specialization meant growth from villages to what?
cities and civilizations.
200
Harsh climates led to many early groups having this fate
died out
300
People spread to THIS CONTINENT 40,000 years ago.
Europe
300
What is one way early civilizations modified their environment.
Farming
Clearing Trees
Domesticating animals
300
Name two cons (negatives) or farming
-A lot of work and energy needed to farm and to bring together animals.
-Farming was uncertain pending weather conditions.
-Nomads (people who moved around) sometimes attacked farmers and stole their food.
300
Surplus meant some people did not need to farm. This led to specialization- which led to what?
Trade
300
Name three uses of fire from the text.
Gave light, means to cook, flames to scare off dangerous animals, and allowed people to live places that otherwise would have been too cold.
400
20,000-60,000 years ago people spread to THIS CONTINENT
Asia
400
_______ led to allowing people to organize a hunt, warn of danger, pass knowledge and skills to their young, and defend against threats.
complex language
400
What is the term for having more food than is needed?
Surplus
400
Growth of villages into cities led to a change in __________ to manage people’s needs and build armies to defend the people.
government
400
Early people developed different types to support life.
Tools
500
15,000 years ago, people entered North America using what method?
land bridge
500
Name one of the rivers early civilizations were located near.
Nile
Euphrates
Indus
Huang
500
Explain how the domestication of animals changed live in early civilizations.
People could stay in one place because they used their domesticated animals as a source of food and as work animals to help with farming. Some animals provided meat, eggs, and milk. Horses and oxen helped with work on the farm. Sheep and llamas had coats that were used for clothing
500
What made government more difficult in the cities than in the villages.
Powerful rulers called warlords took control of tribes and headed them with a King or Queen. Large numbers of public officials were needed to handle different duties.
500
Many changes were required to continue survival after this period of cooling.
Ice age