Vocabulary
What is a hunter-gatherer?
people who hunt animals and gather wild plants, seeds, fruits, and nuts to survive
What was fire used for by hunter-gatherers?
to cook food, make tools, provide light, stay warm, and be protected from animals
What did the hunter-gatherers do to with their simple tools?
Made clothes and shelters and hunted
What did women usually do in hunter-gatherer societies?
take care of children near the camp and collect plants to eat
What is the formal name scientists use to describe modern humans?
Homo Sapiens
What does the word migrate mean?
to move from one place to another
carrying bags
stone hand axes
awls
drills
hunting bows
spearheads
What was a big advantage of the hunter-gatherer diet?
They ate more diverse (different foods) such as flesh, found grains, berries and nuts
What did men usually do in hunter-gatherer societies?
they hunted
What caused the population of early humans to drop?
The Ice Age
What does adapt mean?
to change due to new conditions
Name two examples of how tools made early human's lives easier.
hunt and butcher animals
construct shelter
What did they make clothing out of?
wild animal skins and furs
What kind of animals did they hunt?
wild animals
Around 30 people
Who are nomads?
people who move from place to place
Name an example of portable art.
jewelry
How did early humans migrate to North America? (Hint: what did they use?)
A land bridge that connected the continents.
Describe how language helped early humans.
Helped people to plan things like hunts and when they should move.
How long ago did early humans start to move out of Africa?
70,000 years ago
What is technology?
What method did the hunter-gatherers use to express themselves?
Cave art (paintings, drawings)
Where did hunter-gatherers originate?
Africa
Describe the religious beliefs of early humans.
Believed nature (rocks, trees, animals) had a spirit.
Give two reasons why early humans began to migrate to other areas.
1. Change in climate (temperatures started to drop which made it difficult to survive)
2. More people meant they needed to find more space and food