Vocabulary
A first-hand account of an event or an artifact created during the period of history being studied
What is a Primary Source.
The period of human prehistory that lasted until about 12,000 years ago, during which stone tools were most common technology used by humans.
What is the Old Stone Age.
The period of human prehistory that lasted from 12,000 years ago to about 6,000 years ago, during which people still depended on mainly stone tools and began experimenting with agriculture.
What is the New Stone Age.
Otzi the iceman was found here.
What is the Austro-Italian Alps.
The study of the past.
What is history.
A record of the past, based on information from a primary source.
What is a Secondary Source.
This is how technology began.
What is the creation of stone tools.
Another name for New Stone Age.
What is Neolithic Times.
Otzi the iceman was found on this day.
What is September 19, 1991.
What is an example of a secondary source?
What is a book, article, etc.
A person of the Old Stone Age who met needs by hunting animals and gathering plants.
What is a Hunter-gatherer.
Another name for Old Stone Age.
What is Paleolithic Times.
This made it possible for people to raise food for an entire group.
What is agriculture.
Otzi was found with this item.
What is a copper axe, rope, leather, and a stone knife.
To understand artifacts, historians use ________ and ________.
What is secondary and primary sources.
An extra supply of something, such as crops that are not needed immediately for food.
What is Surplus.
This is how early people survived.
What is hunting animals and gathering plants.
The thing that led to civilizations and writing was this.
What is people were starting to settle permanently.
Otzi was this old when he died.
What is 35-40.
Things from the past, such as artifacts or objects can help us figure out things such as this.
What is how people's lives were.
A culture that has developed systems of specialization, religion, learning and government.
What is Civilization.
It was part of human lives at the end of the Old Stone Age.
What is art and religious beliefs.
Other people could ________ or concentrate on other tasks.
What is specialize.
This is how old Otzi's body is.
What is over 5,300 years old.
Before writing, history was recorded by ________ and ________.
What is Oral Tradition and Word of Mouth.