The Distant Past
Humans Spread Out
Developing Complex Cultures
New Ways of Life
The Rise of Civilizations
100

What is the time before written records called?

Prehistory

100

On what continent do scientists believe human life began?

Africa

100

What does populate mean?

To become an inhabitant of a place

100

True or false, a benefit is a good thing

True

100

What people made up the highest social class with the most power?

Priests and rulers

200

What is an Artifact?

Something that was made or used by humans

200

True or false, something that is complex is simple

False, something that is complex will have many parts and is not simple

200

What is the belief that the world is filled with spirits?

Animism

200

What was the big change people made to their way of living when they transitioned away from a hunter-gatherer lifestyle?

They began farming

200

What is something other than farming that early people started to specialize in?

Arts, making clothes, cooking, building things, writing, etc

300

What is the name for a scientist that studies human life from the past?

Archaeologist

300

What does migration mean?

To move from your home to someplace else

300

To change a plant or animal to make it useful for humans is to _______________ it.

Domesticate

300

When you have more than what you need of something you have a _________.

Surplus

300

A shared set of spiritual beliefs is ___________.

Religion

400

How did hunter-gatherers get their food?

By hunting animals and gathering plants

400

When ancient people migrated to new places they had to adapt to new ______________.

Environments

400

Name one domesticated plant and one domesticated animal

Answers may vary. (wheat, potatoes, rice, dogs, cats, cows, etc)

400

When people ___________ they spend most of their time working on one specific skill or job.

Specialize

400

A supply of something that can be used as needed and can be used to make other things is a __________.

Resource

500

What is the word that means the many different elements that make up the way of life for a group of people?

Culture

500

What did ancient people use to migrate between the continents?

Land bridges caused by the ice age

500

A complete change in the way something thinks, works, or lives is a ____________.

Revolution

500

The system that communities use to produce and distribute goods and services is the __________.

Economy

500

A complex society with cities, a well organized government, and specialized workers is a __________.

Civilization