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Chapters 1&2

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ARTIFACTS
HUMAN MADE OBJECTS SUCH AS TOOLS AND JEWELERY
CULTURE
A PEOPLE'S UNIQUE WAY OF LIFE
HOMINIDS
EARLY HUMAN ANCESTORS THAT WALKED UPRIGHT LIKE AUSTRALOPITHECINES
PALEOLITHIC AGE
OLD STONE AGE 2.5 MILLION TO 8000 BCE. FIRST TOOLS EMERGE.
NEOLITHIC AGE
NEW STONE AGE 8000-3000 BCE. DOMESTICATION OF ANIMALS AND FIRST CROPS.
TECHNOLOGY
WAYS OF APPLYING KNOWLEDGE, TOOLS, AND INVENTIONS TO MEET NEEDS
HOMO SAPIENS
HOMO SAPIENS
AUSTRALOPITHECINES
UPRIGHT WALKING , OPPOSABLE THUMBS
HOMO ERECTUS
TOOL MAKING,FIRE, LANGUAGE
NEANDERTHAL
BURIAL RITUALS, SHELTERS
CRO-MAGNON
ADVANCED HUNTING, LANGUAGE SKILLS
What can bones and artifacts tell us?
AGE, SIZE, SEX, HOW LONG AGO THEY LIVED AND SOMEWHAT HOW THEY LIVED
Achievements during the paleolithic era
INVENTION OF TOOLS, MASTERY OF FIRE, AND DEVELOPMENT OF LANGUAGE
How do Neanderthals and Cro-magnons differ from earlier people
BOTH HAD LARGER BRAINS, NEANDERTHALS HAD RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND HAD RITUAL BURIALS WHILE CRO-MAGNON MADE SPECIALIZED TOOLS, PLANNED HUNTS, AND HAD ADVANCED LANGUAGE SKILLS
Why was the discovery of fire so important?
IT PROVIDED WARMTH, COOKED FOOD WHICH INCREASED NUTRITIONAL VALUE, FRIGHTENED AWAY PREDATORS, AND HELPED IN SETTLING NEW LANDS
Why will specific details about the appearance and customs of early people never be fully known
THEY LIVED SO LONG AGO AND THERE IS NOT ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO SPECULATE ABOUT THEIR APPEARANCE OR CUSTOMS THERE ARE ALSO NO WRITTEN DOCUMENTS OF THAT TIME
How to recent findings keep revising knowledge of the prehistoric past?
THERE ARE MORE ACCURATE DATES REGARDING THE ORIGINS OF HUMANS AND MORE SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE FOR CLASSIFYING THEM INTO DIFFERENT SPECIES.
NOMADS
PEOPLE WHO MOVED FROM PLACE TO PLACE SEARCHING FOR FOOD
HUNTER-GATHERER
PEOPLE WHO HUNT ANIMALS AND GATHER PLANT FOODS
NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION
ALSO KNOWN AS THE AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION. ORIGINS OF FARMING AND THE SHIFT FROM FOOD-GATHERING TO FOOD PRODUCING CULTURE. MONUMENTAL SHIFT THAT TRANSFORMED HUMANITY.
SLASH-AND-BURN FARMING
TREES AND GRASSES ARE CUT AND BURNED TO CLEAR A FIELD. THE ASH THEN FERTILIZES THE SOIL. FARMERS WOULD PLANT CROPS FOR A YEAR OR TWO THEN MOVE TO A NEW AREA OF LAND AND REPEAT THE PROCESS. TREES AND GRASS THEN GREW BACK AFTER A FEW YEARS AND THE AREA WAS ONCE AGAIN READY TO BE SLASHED AND BURNED.
DOMESTICATION
TAMING OF ANIMALS FOR FOOD AND/OR LABOR. EARLY DOMESTICATED ANIMALS INCLUDED HORSES, DOGS, GOATS, AND PIGS. CREATED A CONSTANT SOURCE OF FOOD AND HELPED FACILITATE TRANSITION FROM NOMADIC TO SETTLED LIFESTYLE. THIS ALLOWED FOR THE SUBSEQUENT CREATION OF SETTLED AREAS THAT BECAME VILLAGES AND EVENTUALLY SMALL TOWNS.
WHICH EFFECT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURE WAS MOST SIGNIFICANT?
INCREASED POPULATION
ESTABLISHED SETTLEMENTS
DOMESTICATED ANIMALS
HOW DID CRO-MAGNON'S NEW TOOLS MAKE SURVIVAL EASIER?
SPECIAL SPEARS ALLOWED THEM TO KILL GAME AT GREATER DISTANCES, DIGGING STICKS HELPED TO HARVEST PLANTS AT THE ROOTS, KNIVES TO KILL AND BUTCHER GAME, FISH HOOKS AND HARPOONS TO CATCH FISH
CHISEL-LIKE CUTTER TO MAKE OTHER TOOLS, BONE NEEDLES TO SEW CLOTHING OUT OF ANIMAL HIDES
WHAT FACTORS PLAYED A ROLE IN THE ORIGINS OF AGRICULTURE?
RISING GLOBAL TEMPERATURE EXTENDED GROWING SEASONS AND MADE DRIER LAND FOR CULTIVATING WILD GRASSES,
RICH SUPPLY OF GRAIN HELPED SUPPORT LARGER POPULATION BASE, LARGER POPULATION MEANT A NEED TO FIND NEW FOOD SOURCES TO SUSTAIN LARGER NUMBERS AND FARMING FIT THAT NEED
WHAT WERE FIRST CROPS GROWN IN THE AMERICAS?
CORN, BEANS, SQUASH, TOMATOES, SWEET POTATOES, WHITE POTATOES
WHAT KIND OF PROBLEMS DID STONE AGE PEOPLES FACE?
PROVIDING ENOUGH FOOD,
IMPROVING METHODS OF HUNTING AND FARMING,
FINDING GOOD LOCATIONS TO SETTLE , COPING WITH NATURAL DISASTERS AND WAR
IN WHAT WAYS DID NEOLITHIC PEOPLE DRAMATICALLY IMPROVE THEIR LIVES?
PROVIDE MORE FOOD
IMPROVED SHELTER AND CLOTHING, TIME FOR ARTISTIC CREATIONS LIKE JEWELRY, SCULPTURES, AND CAVE PAINTINGS
WHY DO YOU THINK THE DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURE OCCURRED AROUND THE SAME TIME IN DIFFERENT PLACES?
RISING GLOBAL TEMPERATURES MEANT LONGER GROWING SEASONS, RICH SUPPLY OF GRAIN HELPED SUPPORT LARGER POPULATIONS WHICH PUT PRESSURE ON HUNTER GATHERERS TO FIND NEW FOOD SOURCES
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