Vocabulary
People who hunt animals and gather wild plants, seeds, and nuts to survive
What is hunter-gatherers?
The time period that means the same as BC
BCE
Where most scientists agree that the first humans originated from.
What is Africa
Before the New Stone Age early people only got fire from ...
What is natural causes such as lightening?
Time period that is the same as AD
CE
During the Old Stone Age, climate patterns around the world changed, transforming the earth's geography. Because of this change, people began to _______________, or move, to new places.
What is migrate?
a decade in years
10
This term means an estimate of time in history
circa
The process of changing plants or animals to make them more useful to humans...
What is domestication?
Longe period of freezing times.
What is ice ages?
Agriculture is the same as...
What is farming?
The most important development of early Stone Age culture was ________.
What is language?
a century in years is
100
Tools developed during the New Stone Age.
What are saws, drills, metal tools?
This character from the chapter wore leather shoes padded with grass, a grass cape, a fur hat, and a backpack.
Who is the Otzi the iceman?
Another name for the Neolithic Revolution
agriculture or farming
Most gathering was done by ____________ and most hunting was done by _____________.
What is women and men?
having more food than is needed
surplus
This was possible because of the agricultural revolution, everyone no longer had to worry about a food source
job specialization
The time before there was writing.
What is prehistory?
An ________________ is a relative who lived in the past.
What is ancestor?
Most tools in the early Stone ages were made from this
stone
Houses changed in the Middle Stone Ages from caves to ...
What are pit houses or above ground homes made out of mammoth bones, animal skins, etc?
Gods and goddesses were associated with four elements.
What is air, water, fire, and earth?
During the Old Stone Age people expressed themselves through language and these expressions of art.
What are carved figures and cave paintings?