Prehistoric Ages and its Achievement Flashcards
Long time period before writing
was invented
Prehistory
A set of beliefs, knowledge, and
Patterns of living that a group of
people develops (way of life)
Culture
Anything made by ancient human
beings such as tools, pottery and
weapons
Artifacts
The period of prehistory that begins
with the development of stone tools
Stone Age
2 areas of Stone Age
Paleolithic & Neolithic Age
the Greek words : “PALEO”- ______
“LITHIC”- _____
Old
Stone Age
Paleolithic lasted from about
2.5 million to 8000BCE
This is the age for arrival of hominids
Paleolithic Age
species of creatures that walk upright
Hominid
(Early Age)
ways of applying knowledge, tools and inventions to meet their needs
Technology
Hominid progress
✔ Invention of tools & Mastery of fire
✔ Development of language
Handy man
Homo habilis
Uprightman
Homo erectus
Wise man
Homo sapiens
they made stone tools
homo habilis
*Migrated
*Used fire
*Spoken language
Homo erectus
Larger brain
Homo sapiens
species name for modern humans
Homo sapiens
Scientists believe that Humans, the species Homo
sapiens, emerged between 100,000 and 400,000
years ago in ______
Africa
The first humans had faced a struggle for survival. For
thousands and thousands of years, they had two
concerns:
finding food and
protecting themselves.
DURING THE PALEOLITHIC AGE, PREHISTORIC PEOPLE WERE ________
Nomads
People that moved from place to place in search of basic
survival needs (food, water, shelter)
Nomads
Nomads are also known as
HUNTERS-GATHERERS
The early ages of humankind are based on the kind of tools used: first__________
, then__________ and ________, and then _____.
stone, coppers and bronze and then iron
Hunting was aided by
improved communication skills
People (Bands) migrated when
food (plants or animals) became
______ in one location.
scarce
Through this years humans learned to use tools to make fire and made clothes from animal skins.
10,000 BC
epoch of the Cenozoic era,
often identified as “the Ice Age”
Pleistocene epoch
the time since the end of the last
major glacial epoch.
Halocene epoch
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.
Mesolithic Period or Middle Stone Age
Mesos means
middle
member of a group of archaic humans who emerged at least
200,000 years ago during the Pleistocene Epoch
Neanderthals
The name Neanderthal (or Neandertal) derives from the
Neander Valley in Germany where the fossils first found
These people found ways to survive the freezing cold of the Ice Age.
Neanderthals
a hominid of a tall erect race of the Upper
Paleolithic known from skeletal remains found chiefly in southern
France and classified as the same species (Homo sapiens) as
present-day humans
CRO-MAGNONS (cro “cavity” + Magnon, a name of an owner of the land around
the shelter)
The new stone age
NEOLITHIC AGE
Neo means
Lithic means
New, stone age
In neolithic period, instead of relying on gathering food, people began to _________
produce food
meant cutting trees and burning them to clear a field. The ashes were used to fertilize the soil.
Slash and burn farming
is the
taming of animals and plants.
Domestication
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT EVENT occurs in Neolithic Period
Neolithic Revolution
Neolithic Revolution means
-Change From Being
Nomadic To Creating Permanent
Settlements.
Growing Of Crops For Food
Agriculture
Archaeologists have studied a site in Northern Iraq, it is called _____. People who lived in this region began farming and raising animals
about 7000 B.C.
Jarmo
one of the oldest and most widespread of the decorative arts, consisting
of objects made of clay and hardened with heat.
Pottery
a small settlement usually found in a rural setting.
Village
THE SHIFT FROM FOOD GATHERING TO FOOD
PRODUCTION WAS AN IMPORTANT ACHIEVEMENT
IN THE EVOLUTION OF MAN. Unlike hunting and gathering, agriculture and
domestication provided
steady source of food
(Advancements During the Neolithic Revolution)
two important inventions enabled traders to move more goods
over longer distances.
- Wheel
- Sail
-to cultivate more land and produce extra crops for trading,
ancient people began to build elaborate
irrigation system
people settled in various roles, social classes with varying
wealth, power and influence began to emerge. This
became known as
Specialization
the development of skill in a specific
kind of work
Specialization
This system is known
as an old method of exchange. It is used
before we had a national currency.
Barter System
What are the advancements during the Neolithic Revolution
Inventions
Roles in Society
Economic Changes
