Artifacts
The place where an artifact is found is called the ________.
The place where an artifact is called the locus.
Archaeologists study _________ to learn about ________ in the past.
Archaeologists study artifacts to learn about people in the past.
True or False?
During the Agricultural Revolution, people began to speak to each other instead of communicating by writing. This helped build relationships.
FALSE
People began to speak to each other before they communicated through written symbols.
People who moved from place to place to find food were called _______________.
People who moved from place to place to find food were called nomads.
Two inventions that were made during the New Stone age that made transportation easier were the _______________ and the _______________.
Two inventions that were made during the New Stone age that made transportation easier were the wheel and the sail.
A _______________ is attached to an artifact, and it tells where and when the artifact was found.
A locus sheet is attached to an artifact, and it tells where and when the artifact was found.
Archaeologists _______________ artifacts by cleaning them, numbering, organizing, and storing them.
Archaeologists catalogue artifacts by cleaning them, numbering, organizing, and storing them.
TRUE OR FALSE?
During the Agricultural Revolution, people learned how to grow food themselves. This greatly changed the way people lived.
TRUE
During the Agricultural Revolution, people learned how to grow food themselves. This greatly changed the way people lived.
TRUE OR FALSE?
During the Old Stone Age, people began learning new languages.
FALSE
During the Old Stone Age, people were nomadic and traveled in small clans.
True or False?
During the New Stone Age, people learned not to form governments and religions because it could lead to conflict.
FALSE
People had not began to form governments and religions.
An ancient garbage pit is called a _______________.
An ancient garbage pit is called a midden.
When an archaeologist _______________ a site, he or she removes or exposes an artifact by digging in a very organized manner.
When an archaeologist excavates a site, he or she removes or exposes an artifact by digging in a very organized manner.
True or False?
During the Agricultural Revolution, people began to use stone and wood to make tools instead of bronze.
FALSE
During the New Stone Age, people learned that copper and tin could be combined to make bronze.
True or False?
During the New Stone Age, people started to live alone instead of in clans or in villages.
FALSE
People lived in clans during the Old Stone Age, and villages began to develop in the New Stone Age
True or False?
During the New Stone Age, people began to use new technology like computers and phones.
This technology would not be invited for thousands of years.
A layer of ruin caused by an enemy attack, fire, or natural disaster such as an earthquake is a _______________.
A layer of ruin caused by an enemy attack, fire, or natural disaster such as an earthquake is a destruction layer.
Discoveries such as Lucy and Ardi helped scientists conclude that human life began _____.
Discoveries such as Lucy and Ardi helped scientists conclude that human life began in East Africa 4.5 million years ago.
During the New Stone Age, young people began to go to schools.
FALSE
Formal education did not begin during the New Stone Age.
True or False?
During the New Stone Age, people were less nomadic and learned how to raise animals and plants for food and clothing.
TRUE!
During the New Stone Age, people were less nomadic and learned how to raise animals and plants for food and clothing
The word civilization comes from the Latin word that means _______________.
The word civilization comes from the Latin word that means city.
What is radioactive dating?
A method for determining how old something is. They measure the radioactive material in bones and materials that were once alive.
Who were the British archaeologists who discovered a piece of skull in East Africa in 1960?
Mary and Louis Leakey
Describe the Agricultural Revolotuion
Instead of depending on finding food in the wild, people learned how to grow food themselves. This greatly changed the way people lived.
True or False?
During the Old Stone Age, people learned to read, write, and clean.
Durin the Old Stone Age, people were hunters and gatherers.
During the New Stone Age, people learned to mix copper and tin to make ___________ for making tools and weapons.
During the New Stone Age, people learned to mix copper and tin to make bronze for making tools and weapons.