Time
How long is a decade?
10 years
What is the study of the past by looking at what was left behind?
Archaeology
What two words, in Greek, does Paleolithic mean?
Old Stone
The earth is divided into how many hemispheres?
4
What word means running your own business and taking all the risks yourself?
Entrepreneurship
Prehistory is the time before _____________
Writing
What do paleontologists mainly study?
Fossils
What was a hard stone that paleolithic hunters used to make tools from?
Flint
Lines of ___________ circle the earth parallel or horizontal to the equator
latitude
What is set of directions called that includes North, South, East, and West?
Cardinal directions
Who created the Julian calendar and what was its "zero" year?
Julius Caesar--the founding of Rome
What is the study of human culture and how it develops called?
Anthropology
Learning to use ________ made the biggest improvement in paleolithic life
Fire
What word means showing a round Earth on a flat piece of paper?
Projection
What word means a final decision reached by reasoning and logic?
Conclusion
Which calendar does most of the world use today?
The Gregorian calendar
What word is defined as proof that something is true?
Evidence
What two words mean "growing food on a regular basis"?
S*********
A**********
Systematic Agriculture
What type of map shows land and water features?
Physical map
Political map
Special Purpose map
Physical map
Give an example of a primary source
letters, diaries, government records, interviews
What does BCE stand for?
Before Common Era
What type of source includes encyclopedias, history books, and textbooks?
Secondary source
The largest group of neolithic communities were found in Southwest ______ (continent)
Asia
What word means "the lack of a resource"?
Scarcity
What was the name given to the skeleton of the first known human ancestor, found over 3 million years ago?
Lucy