Vocabulary
Instead of saying this phrase, we say "B.C.E" for short.
What is "Before the Common Era?"
Hunter-gatherers typically settled near this geographic feature to start a permanent settlement.
What is a river?
If we are unsure of an exact date for an event, we use this term to say the event happened AROUND this year.
What is circa?
This term means "Old Stone Age."
What is "Paleolithic?"
Early civilizations had this element of society, which is a clearly defined person or group of people who had authority to make rules for their society.
What is a government?
A period of time based on the stone tools prehistoric people made and used.
What is the Stone Age?
When a person or village has more food or other items than they need, we say they have a _______.
What is a surplus?
3 centuries is ______ years.
What is 300 years?
This was an essential discovery that helped to sustaining life for hunter-gatherer societies through cooking food and giving warmth in the winter.
What is fire?
Early civilizations were often united by this element of society, where people worshipped a particular god(s).
What is religion?
People who move from place to place without a home, generally in search of food.
What are nomads?
Instead of sticks or antlers covered in animal skins, people who lived in settled societies often built their houses and other buildings using these.
What are mud bricks?
"Prehistoric" refers to the time before ______ was invented.
What is writing?
The earliest hunter-gatherers used this material to build basic tools for hunting, farming, and fighting.
What is stone?
This term refers to clearly defined levels of importance (and often privilege) among the people of a civilization.
What is a social structure?
This term describes stories that were told and retold (not written), passing through generations.
What is oral tradition?
The kind of system where people trade goods and services to each other instead of buying goods with money.
What is bartering?
How many years have passed from the year 8000 BCE to 2000 BCE?
What is 6000 years?
This was one of the most basic tools used by hunter-gatherers for hunting large animals.
What is the spear/axe?
Settled civilizations often developed this, and as a result are referred to as "historic" instead of "prehistoric" by historians.
What is writing?
To purposefully change the growth of plants or the behavior of animals in ways that are useful for humans.
What is domestication?
A change in society that allows people in a village to focus on jobs other than growing or hunting food.
What is specialization?
How many years have passed from the year 3000 BCE to 1500 AD?
What is 4500 years?
This was the primary reason that hunter-gatherers had to always move from place to place.
What is following the animal herds?
Civilizations often had more of this than hunter-gatherers, which enabled them to grow more food, move supplies faster, and trade with others better than nomadic people.
What is technology/inventions?