Timeline
Vocab
Developments
Miscellaneous
Vocabulary
100

When the last ______________ ended, the temperature of the planet began going up

Ice Age

100

During the Neolithic and Paleolithic Eras, tools were not complex.  They were very...

simple.

100

This early tool helped humans to improve their nutrition and keep warm.

Fire

100

All humans first came from this continent.

AfricaAfrica

100

The Chinese _________ pigs and chickens while the people of Mexico _______________ turkeys.

raised

200

Before there was reading and writing

Prehistory

200

Living in one place

Settled

200

People learned to do this during the New Stone Age, allowing them to produce their own food.

Farming

200

The most important discovery of the Neolithic Era

What is Agriculture or Farming

200

Both Paleolithic and Neolithic people knew what food was safe to eat, or _______________.

edible

300

The Old Stone Age, 2 million-5,000 years ago

the Paleolithic Era

300

A human settlement of small size

Village

300

Raising plants and animals for human use

Domestication

300

Wood, stone, and animal bones were the three things used to make Paleolithic ___________

Tools

300

Nomads live in ________________ homes, not permanent ones.

temporary

400

the New Stone Age, 12,000-6,000 years ago

the Neolithic Era

400

The expression for Paleolithic people named after the two ways they got their food.

Hunter-Gatherer

400

Paleolithic people sometimes lived in caves, where they made beautiful ___________ on the walls.

paintings/drawings

400

Our _______________ were very smart.  They understood nature, plants and animals.

ancestors

400

this means a complete, total change

revolution

500

Early humans left Africa during the Paleolithic Era and migrated all over the world using these.

land bridges

500

People with no permanent home, they move from place to place in search of food.

Nomads

500

This first appeared during the Neolithic Era.

pottery

500

How did the Earth change before the Neolithic Revolution?

The Earth became warmer causing plants to grow everywhere.

500

The opposite of domestic, tamed

wild