a type of story that tells how gods or superhuman leaders accomplished something; for example, how the world was formed
a myth
100
artifacts, letters, fossils, paintings, pictures, old buildings, coins...
What are primary sources
100
This is a way water was brought to crops if it didn't rain.
What is irrigation
100
The Stone age belongs to this time before written history.
Prehistory
100
What was the biggest achievement that enabled men to survive during the Old Stone Age?
Making fire.
200
Catyl Huyak and Jericho were at the beginning of what Age or Era?
Neolithic
200
What are secondary sources?
Second hand pieces of evidence that were made after the event or time period that is being studied (textbooks, encyclopedias...)
200
This type of disaster appears in many ancient stories, including a story from the Black Sea area.
What is "a flood."
200
This development was the most important factor in people settling down into villages and cities.
What is agriculture (farming)
200
Old Stone Age people covered their bodies in these and made tents from these
Animal skins.
300
What evolutionists say started creation
What is the Big Bang
300
The remains of a once-living organism preserved in rock
What is a fossil
300
Animals were kept after this so that hunting became less important.
What is domestication.
300
What does the word lithic mean?
Stone
300
These were two forms of communication during the Stone Age.
Cave painting and language.
400
Why men began to have kings and rulers over them
To keep people from being cheated or harmed
400
This type of evidence was found in Blombos Cave in South Africa and may indicate that early man was more advanced than previously thought.
Cave paintings
400
People began to do different occupations because not everyone was needed to grow food anymore
Division of labor or specialization
400
This is another name for the New Stone Age.
Neolithic times.
400
These were used to make needles in the New Stone Age.
animal bones.
500
This period began after the birth of Christ.
A.D. or CE
500
A person who finds, studies and preserves fossils and artifacts.
What is an archaeologist
500
Is the Stone Age in historic or prehistoric times?
The Stone Age is in prehistoric times.
500
This is another name for the old Stone Age.
Paleolithic times
500
List 3 major achievements of the New Stone Age.
Making clothes from wool and animal skins, making clay pots and bowls, what are mud houses, farming, keeping animals and livestock, trading / exchanging goods.