Random Facts
What is the Agricultural Revolution
the tools and methods that humans have developed for practical use or to make their lives easier.
What is technology
This early discovery by humans dramatically improved their lives thanks to the ability to keep warm and make food more easy to digest.
What is fire
This time period saw the development of agriculture and the rise of a sedentary lifestyle for humans.
What is the Neolithic Age.
This human activity saw the controlled breeding of plants and animals to produce desired foods and goods.
What is domestication
Discovered, in 1991, frozen in the Austrian Alps, this Neolithic "Ice Man" most likely lived his life either as a hunter or shepherd moving between the mountains and valleys of the region.
Who is Otzi
Besides fire, early humans used one of these to help survive the colder climate during the Ice Ages.
What is shelters/clothing/fur/hides
These people were forced to travel great distances in search of a constant food sources.
What are nomads/hunter-gatherers
This time period marked the end of the New Stone Age as humans developed metal tools made of a mixture of copper and tin.
What is the Bronze Age
This animal was most likely the first to be accidently tamed by humans.
What is a dog.
This New Stone Age settlement in modern Turkey was unique for its homes that had roof doors rather than a front entrance.
What is Catalhuyuk
Women often filled this role since they were required to stay near their settlement to care for infants.
What are gatherers
This "old stone" time period witnessed early humans rely on hunting and gathering for survival.
What is the Paleolithic Age
In places like Catalhuyuk, early humans built these holy places to worship their gods and goddesses. Often decorating them with small figurines.
What are shrines
One of the oldest known human settlement located near the border of modern Israel and Jordan. This settlement was noted for its thick city walls.
What is Jericho
As these large ice sheets expanded, ocean levels began to drop exposing a land route from Asia to the Americas.
What are glaciers
In 1879, a young Spanish girl discovered these artistic works left behind by hunter-gatherers nearly 10,000 years ago.
What are cave paintings
These climatic, cold events some 100,000 years ago, forced early humans to adapt through technology like fire and tools.
What are the Ice Ages
With farming, humans were able to pursue new jobs and train in new skills.
What is specialization
This type of government appeared during the New Stone Age with leadership often passed on from father to son.
What is Monarchy
This was one of the regions that the first complex civilizations emerged around 3,000 B.C.
What is Indus Valley/Mesopotamia/Egypt/China
Historians believe early humans crossed the Bering Sea over this feature from Asia into the Americas sometime between 15,000 and 20,000 years ago.
What is the Bering Land Bridge.
Early humans mostly likely crossed the land bridge from Asia into the Americas in pursuit of this.
What is Megafauna/Mammoths/Bison/Herds
What is deforestation/resource depletion
In order for early humans to reliably farm, they often built their fields and homes near these features.
What are rivers