Definitions
Human made object such as a tool, weapon, or piece of jewelry
What is an Artifact
Which technology of the new Stone Age had the most impact on daily life? Explain
Possible Answer- The Wheel and the Plow would have increased farm production
What kind of evidence do archaeologist, anthropologists and paleontologists study to find out how prehistoric people lived?
Bones and Fossils
Why do some archaeologists believe that women were the first farmers?
While men were hunting-gathering, women gathered plant food. The women may have scattered seeds near a regular campsite and found new crops growing when they returned the next season
What economical changes resulted from food surpluses in agricultural villages?
Food surpluses freed some villagers to pursue jobs other than farming; trade increased
A people's unique way of life as shown by its tools, customs, arts and ideas
What is Culture
How did the rise of cities affect government in early culture?
Government became a centralized source of power and control based in the cities because cities were the centers of wealth
What did the ability to walk upright and the development of the opposable thumb represent important breakthroughs for early hominids?
Upright posture gave hominids greater mobility and freed their hands to carry objects and the thumb allowed hominids to pick up objects and make tools
In what part of the world did agriculture develop?
Southwest Asia, The Nile Valley, China, Mexico and Central America
Why did the growth of civilization make government necessary?
The soaring population of cities created a need for a system of ruling and code of laws to maintain order
What is The Bronze Age
What were the 4 differences of Paleolithic and Neolithic cultures?
Neo: Crops and Livestock
Means of living- Paleo- Hunting and Gathering
Neo- Farming, herding, specialized craft work
Technology- Paleo- Hunting and gathering tools
Neo- Farming tools, pottery, metal-work
Community- Paleo- Nomadic bands
Neo- Farming Village
Why is the Prehistoric period called the Stone Age?
People used stone to fashion tools and weapons
What role did the food supply play in shaping the nomadic life of hunter-gathers and the settled life of farmers?
Hunter-gathers moved when their food supply was exhausted. Farmers grew their own food, could rely on more stable food supply, and tended to stay in one location, which led to more permanent settlements
Why did a system of record keeping develop in civilizations?
As government, religion and the economy grew more complex, people saw a need to organize and keep records of such things as laws, transactions and events
A long-lasting pattern of organization in a community
What is Institution
Upright walking, use of fire, cave painting, agriculture
What evidence support archaeologists' beliefs that Neanderthals developed a form of religion?
In Shanidar Cave, they discovered a body that was buried during a funeral about 60,000 years ago
The taming of animals for human use
What is Domestication
What effect did trade have on the development of civilization?
Trade encouraged specialization, growth of cities as economic centers and development of record keeping for business transactions