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Stone Age
Vocabulary
Social Scientists
Migration
Hodgepodge
100
The people in the Old Stone Age got their food by...
hunting and gathering
100
A person who has no settled home
nomad
100
Who would ask the questions: What is this item? How old is it? How would it be used?
Archaeologist
100
Early humans migrated to all continents EXCEPT...
Antarctica
100
What was the earliest form of human language?
calls and gestures
200
In the Middle Stone Age, people learned how to...
use fire
200
physical movement of humans from one area to another
migration
200
Who would ask the questions: What happened? When did it happen? Who was involved in the event?
Historian
200
Push/Pull factors are used to explain...
why people moved to or from a specific place
200
How did farming change the way early people lived?
the did not have to be nomads, or move, anymore
300
The main difference between the Old Stone Age and the New Stone Age was...
the beginning of farming
300
worker who is skilled at creating things by hand
artisan
300
Who would ask the questions: What is the climate like in this region? What landforms are present?
Geographer
300
Where was evidence of the earliest humans found?
East Africa
300
What direct result of farming led to population growth?
surplus food
400
When was the Stone Age?
6,000 BCE and before
400
modern humans and their ancestors
hominids
400
Who would ask the questions: How is this person related to modern humans? Who were the first humans?
Anthropologist
400
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of early civilizations: Government, Social Classes, Religion, or Specialized Jobs
Religion
400
What is the following is probably the sequence of written language development?
images-symbols-alphabet
500
Why are there no proven ideas about the evolution of humans in the Stone Age?
There are no written records
500
group of people with the similar backgrounds and ways of life
social class
500
What is something an anthropologist might do?
Answers may vary.... compare sizes of skulls
500
In the ancient world, who would have been most likely to spread tools and ideas from one civilization to another?
Trader
500
The process of determining how old an artifact is by looking at items and geological formations nearby is
relative dating