Vocabulary
Land that is rich in nutrients and capable of producing abundant vegetation is called this.
What is fertile?
Otzi's body was found frozen in this mountain range.
What is the Alps?
The period of time before writing was discovered.
What is prehistory?
The Stone Age is divided into these three periods.
What is New Stone Age, Middle Stone Age, and New Stone Age
Having more food than is needed.
What is surplus?
The process by which humans would breed animals to adapt them for human uses is called this.
Domestication
Otzi had this object on his body, which allowed scientists to determine that he lived after 4,000 B.C.
What is a copper axe?
Scientists who study ancient objects and artifacts (pottery, bones, etc).
What is Archaeologists?
About 500,000 - 1,400,000 years ago humans discovered this which helped them live in colder climates.
What is fire?
After civilizations produced a surplus of food people were able to specialize in a certain skill and were given this title.
What is artisan?
A complex, advanced, and organized human society characterized by cities, government, religion, social structures, and writing is called this.
What is civilization?
Although it is impossible to be sure how he died, scientists discovered a scar that suggests that he may have died by this weapon.
What is a bow and arrow?
Although not always 100% accurate, oral traditions can still help us understand this about ancient civilizations.
What is the values of ancient civilizations?
During the Old and Middle Stone Ages humans began to build campsites and live in a particular area for several weeks. They were given this title.
What is Nomads?
Early civilizations developed this system of canals to supply water to their crops.
What is irrigation?
A community that lacks permanent residence, regularly moving from place to place in search of resources like food, water, or grazing land for livestock are called this.
What is Nomadic?
Otzi was discovered in this year.
What is 1991?
Record history begins after humans discover this.
What is writing.
What is the domestication of animals?
A key distinguishing feature between a city and a village.
What is cities were larger and had public buildings (places of worship, grain storage, market centers)?
What is social class?
Otzi helps historians better understand this period of human history.
What is 5,000 years ago.
About 11,000 years ago humans living on this continent discovered agriculture by planting the seeds of wild grass.
What is Asia?
As civilization began to develop humans began to categorize themselves into social classes. Please draw and label the traditional social pyramid we talked about in class.
King - Priest - Nobles - Artisans - Farmers/Laborers