Vocabulary
Archaeologists study objects made or used by humans, which are called this.
What are artifacts?
The Stone Age is named because humans used this material to make tools.
What is stone?
This development enabled humans to communicate with one another.
What is language?
The revolution that allowed people to plant crops and settle in one place.
What is the Agricultural Revolution?
The "G" in GRAPES stands for this aspect of civilization.
What is geography?
This word refers to having more than you need.
What is surplus?
Early humans who moved from place to place, gathering wild plants and hunting animals, were called this.
What are hunter-gatherers?
The name of the two skeletons archaeologists uncovered that helped them study early humans.
What are Lucy and Ardi?
After the Agricultural Revolution, people often settled near these because the soil was more fertile.
What are rivers?
The "R" in GRAPES refers to this cultural system, often including gods or spirits.
What is religion?
The movement of people from one homeland to live somewhere else is called this.
What is migration?
Most anthropologists believe that human beings first appeared on this continent.
What is Africa?
Cave paintings from this place gave clues that early humans practiced animism.
What is Lascaux?
The surplus of this led to the ability for humans to specialize in different jobs.
What is food?
These are examples of the "A" in GRAPES, which stands for achievements.
What are inventions, art, or tools?
This term describes when humans change to live in a new environment.
What is adapt?
This was the piece of land that connected Asia to North America during the Ice Age.
What is the Bering Land Bridge?
This invention allowed early humans to hunt more efficiently and protect themselves from predators, marking progress in tool-making.
What is a spear?
This was the most important factor that led to the development of cities.
What is job specialization?
A characteristic of a civilization that includes rules and governments.
What are politics?
When people focus on working at a single job or craft, it’s known as this.
What is specialization?
This period is characterized by the development of agriculture and the establishment of permanent settlements, following the earlier nomadic lifestyle of hunter-gatherers.
What is the Neolithic Age?
This crucial invention during the Neolithic period helped early humans carry water, store surplus crops, drink out of a cup, and make small sculptures to bury with the dead.
What is pottery?
The Mayans were known for building these large structures in their city centers.
What are pyramid-shaped temples?
The characteristic of a civilization that involves the production, trade, and use of resources.
What is economy?