Pre Historic Ages And Its Achievements Flashcards
Long time period before
writing was invented
PREHISTORY
Anything made by ancient human beings such as tools, pottery and weapons
ARTIFACTS
A set of beliefs, knowledge, and Patterns of living that a group of people develops
CULTURE
The period of prehistory that begins with the development of stone tools
STONE AGE
stone age can be divided into two eras
1)Paleolithic age
2) neolithic age
“PALEO”
old
“LITHIC”
stone age
ways of applying knowledge,tools and inventions to meet their needs
TECHNOLOGY
Hominid progress:
✔Invention of tools & Mastery of fire
✔Development of language
Homo Habilis “Handy man” made?
stone tools
Homo Erectus “Upright man”
Migrated
Used fire
Spoken language
Larger brain
Homo Sapiens “Wise man”
People that moved from place to place in search of basic survival
NOMADS
Nomads also known as
HUNTERS-GATHERERS
During the paleolithic era, early humans would migrate from _____,____, _____ and____ in search of their survival needs. (migration)
Africa to India,China,southeast Asia,Europe
- epoch of the Cenozoic era often identified as “the Ice Age
Pleistocene epoch
epoch the time since the end of the last major glacial epoch.
Holocene
Wherein humans used polished stone tools that they utilize in their everyday life. Still, they lived nomadically in camps near rivers and other bodies of water.
MIDDLE STONE AGE
The Mesolithic begins at the end of a period known in geology as the ?
Younger Dryas stadial
group of archaic humans who emerged at least 200,000 years during the Pleistocene Epoch
NEANDERTHALS
A hominid of a tall erect race of the Upper
Paleolithic known from skeletal remains, was found chiefly in southern France and classified as the same species (Homo sapiens) as present-day humans.
CRO MAGNONS
“Cro” means
Cavity
The new stone age
NEOLITHIC AGE
One early farming method was
Slash-and-burn farming
is the taming of animals and plants.
Domestication
change from being nomadic to creating permanent settlements
NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION
-Growing Of Crops For Food
Agriculture
- Breeding Of Animals For food
Domestication
Archaeologists have studied a site _____in the of northeastern Iraq.
Zagros Mountains
The people who lived in this region
Jarmo
DOMESTICATED ANIMALS
Wild pig
Domesticated pig
Urial sheep
Domesticated sheep
Wild Auroch Bull
Domesticated cow
Wild Bezoar Goat
Domesticated Goat
one of the oldest and most widespread of the decorative arts, consisting of objects made clay and hardened with heat.
Pottery
is a small settlement usually found in a rural setting.
village
Two important inventions enabled traders to move ;
1) Wheel
2) Sail In Agriculture
the development of skill in a specific kind of work
Specialization
