Paleolithic Age
True or False? Humans developed new techniques in metal working during the Old Stone Age.
False
Man learning how to farm led to an end of man having to rely on __________ and _____________ to get food.
What is hunting and gathering?
Four great ancient ___________ emerged during the Bronze Age.
What are cities?
During the Old Stone Age this advancement helped man reduce disease.
What is the use of fire?
During this time period people had to adapt to their environments by eating more fat and building sturdier shelters.
What is the Ice Age?
___________, _____________, and ___________ are three advantages to man learning to use fire.
What are cooking/reduced disease, light/warmth, and protection from animals?
Learning how to farm allowed many to stop being nomads and settle into ___________________.
What are villages?
Each of the four civilizations that emerged during the Bronze Age settled near _____________ __________.
What are river valleys?
An ax with a wooden handle is an example of a tool used during this age.
What is the Neolithic Age?
Large sheets of ice that covered the earth are called _____________.
What are glaciers?
The Paleolithic Age started around _____ million years ago.
What is 3?
At the end of the Bronze Age man discovered how to make better tools by mixing copper and _________ to form bronze.
What is tin?
Life became more advanced during the Bronze Age when people learned how to develop a form of ______________and were able to leave written records.
What is writing.
Simple stone tools such as clubs and hand axes were used during this age.
What is the Paleolithic Age?
The four civilizations that developed during the Bronze Age were _______,__________, ________, and _____________.
What are Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, and China?
During the Paleolithic Age man learned to communicate by creating ___________ __________.
What is spoken language?
Food surplus allowed for people to have more time to work at other skills such as weapon making and pottery. This is known as _________________.
What is specialization?
Each of the ancient cities during the Bronze Age developed this type of government.
What are monarchies?
This is a type of stone that could be formed into a sharp razor blade knife.
What is flint?
Having a surplus of food, better health, increased population, becoming specialized, and trade are all a result of man learning how to ____________.
What is farm?
The period of time when humans relied on pebbles and stone is called the ______________ _______.
What is the Stone Age?
The change from hunting and gathering to farming took many years and is called ______________ _______________.
What is systematic Agriculture?
Land along the river valleys was very ____________ which meant good for farming.
What is fertile?
Learning how to use certain methods to farm on a regular basis is called ___________ _______________.
What is systematic agriculture?
Life was difficult for early man. Man had to learn to ______ to different conditions in the environment in order to survive.
What is adapt?