1.Stone Age Flashcards
When was the stone age and why was it called the stone age?
Between 3.3 million and 3 thousand B.C.
use of stone tools.
What is the oldest period of the stone age called?
Paleolithic
What is the middle stone age called?
Mesolithic
What is the last period of the stone age called?
Neolithic
Bipedal
Walking on two feet.
Quadruped
Walking on four feet.
Prehistory
unwritten history.
history
written history.
Domestication
The process of taming animals and plants for human use.
Carbon Dating
A chemical analysis used to determine the age of organic materials up to 40,000 years.
Hunter-Gatherer
Hunting and gathering food.
Nomad
A person that has no permanent home.
Paleontologist
A scientist who studies fossils and the history of life on earth.
Archeologist
A scientist who studies artifacts for an understanding of human lifestyles and cultures.
Geologist
Earth science, focusing in rocks and how they change over time.
Historian
A person who studies the past.
Evolution
A process by which living things change with time.
What was the Neolithic Revolution?
When people moved away from hunting and gathering and started practicing agriculture. Domestication of plants and animals.
When was the Pleistocene Epoch (the last ice age)?
Started about 2.6 million years ago and lasted until 11,700 years ago.
The earth started rapidly warming about 17,500 years ago then a comet hit the earth and caused massive fires and began the younger dryas.
Younger Dryas
Rapid freezing of the earth from 12,800 years ago until 11,700 years ago. When the warming occurred very rapidly a massive flood happened due to the melting of the ice sheets. This flood is recorded in civilizations all over the world including our holy bible.
This is when Atlantis would have sunk.
Shortly after Gobekli Tepi was built, about 11,600 years ago. This seems to prove advanced civilizations existed much further back in time than previously thought. Scientists continue to debate the facts.
Artifact
An object of cultural or historical interest.
Adapt
To adjust or change to suit conditions.
Agriculture
The practice of cultivating or working the land. Raising stock.
Anthropologist
The study of how humans developed and related to each other.
Surplus
An extra supply of something.
Specialization
People training to do particular kinds of work.
Trade
The exchange of goods.
Civilization
A culture that has developed systems of specialization, religion, learning and government.
Migrate
To move from one place to another.
Technology
The use of skills and tools to meet or exceed practical human needs.
Glacier
A large sheet of ice.
Bias
People come from different backgrounds, religions,
Monolith
One stone block used to build a structure or monument.
Megalithic
Multiple large stones used to build structures or monuments
