Vocabulary
The tool used to put dates in chronological order.
What is a timeline?
A shell and tooth are either fossils or artifacts?
What is fossil?
This discovery is the biggest difference between the Paleolithic Era and the Neolithic Era.
What is agriculture/farming?
This feature of a civilization has to do with farming and having a fresh water source nearby.
What is stable food supply?
The term BCE stands for this.
What is before common era?
Relating to the era called the Old Stone age.
What is the Paleolithic Era?
Name two things that helped early humans survive in cold climates.
What are animal skins, fire, caves...
Besides farming, these are two more discoveries from the Neolithic Period.
What are...pottery, weaving, polished stone tools, plow, irrigation systems, permanent housing, domesticating plants (any of these will work).
This feature of a civilization has to do with putting people in charge to make rules.
What is government?
How old was Dr. Seuss when he died? (Born: 1904, Died: 1991)
What is 87 years old?
A member of society that followed animals around for food.
What is a hunter-gatherer?
These are the two jobs that people had during the Paleolithic era.
What is hunt and gather?
Besides farmers, name 2 other jobs that came about during the Neolithic Era.
What is artist, traders, cooks, weavers, builders, toolmakers, etc.
This feature of a civilization has to do with worshipping a god or many gods to bring good luck.
What is religious sytem?
This is the amount of years that passed between the invention of the typewriter (1867 CE) and the first programmable computer being invented (1946 CE).
What is 79 years?
The calendar system we use now, in modern day, for dates.
What is CE or AD?
This is what cave art represented in the Paleolithic Era.
What is spiritual beliefs or story-telling?
This early farming community built a stone wall around its village.
What is Jericho?
This feature of a civilization has to do with the food we eat, the clothing we wear, and the language we speak.
What is culture?
Put these dates in chronological order:
54 CE, 34,000 BCE, 1955 CE, 45,000 BCE
What is:
45,000 BCE, 34,000 BCE, 54 CE, 1955 CE?
The term AD stands for what?
What is Anno Domini?
(This is not on the test.)
What years did the Paleolithic Era start and last until?
What is 2.5 million years ago-10,000 BCE.
This will not be on the test.)
This early farming community is known for walking on top of the roofs to travel around.
What is Catalhoyuk?
List all 7 features of a civilization.
What are: stable food supply, government, religious system, culture, social structure, technology/inventions, written language?
This term means that everyone concentrates on being good at one job, instead of everyone doing the same thing.
What is specialization? (This will not be on the test.)