Vocabulary
Scientists who dig up and study human remains to piece together the story of the past are called _______________
archaeologists.
Describe the weather during the Paleolithic Age.
It was the Ice Age
How did the climate change during the Neolithic Revolution? What did it help people do?
Ice melted and now people could farm
What did people in the Paleolithic Age consider art?
cave paintings.
Writing systems, Water, Farming, Cities, Specialized Jobs, Belief Systems/Religion, Culture and the Arts, Laws, Social Classes
Scientists refer to everyday objects and tools that are left behind by early people as _____________
artifacts.
What does Paleolithic Age mean?
Stone Age
What life changing event did Neolithic people begin to do? This is considered the Neolithic Revolution. (turning point)
farm.
Describe tools in the Paleolithic Age.
simple stone tools.
Writing Systems
___________ are traces of living things such as plant impressions or footprints that are found embedded in stone.
fossils.
People during the Paleolithic Age were ______________________. This is how they got their food.
hunter gathers.
What did people make their tools out of in the Neolithic Age?
What does domestication mean?
Tame animals for human use
This trait of civilization helped people add meaning and significance to their lives.
Belief Systems/Religion
People during the Paleolithic Age were __________. They moved from place to place rather than settling in one area.
nomadic.
What did people in the Paleolithic Age use for shelter?
caves.
People during the Neolithic Age were sedentary. They had permanent settlements. What did they live in?
mud-brick houses and wooden houses
What is the most important thing people looked for when they settled?
Water
This trait of civilization showed how people are ranked in a civilization.
Social Structure
During the _________ revolution, people stopped moving and started farming.
Agricultural
What is the biggest thing that people began to use that changed human civilizations?
Fire because now they had warmth and could cook food.
What did people of the Neolithic Age wear as clothing?
What is they still used animal skins, but they also weaved cloth.
Why could people have specialized jobs?
Farming created a surplus of food and not as many people needed to farm.
Who asked for a shrubbery?
The Knights who say "Ni"