STAS: WORLD HISTORY Flashcards
It is a long period divided into three stages:
the Paleolithic Age (Old Stone Age), the Neolithic
Age (Final division of Stone Age/Polished Stone Age)
and the Metal Age (Bronze and Iron Age)
PRE-HISTORIC PERIOD
an ancient writing system that was first used in around 3500 BC. Distinguished by its
wedge-shaped marks on clay tablets
Cuneiform
T or F
cuneiform script is the oldest form of writing in the world, first appearing even earlier than Egyptian hieroglyphics.
True
lasted from 500,000 to 8,000 BC; period that the
hominids (man-like beings) – Java Man and Peking
Man, and the first known species of Homo sapiens
(thinking man) – Neanderthal Man and Cro-Magnon
Man, existed.
PALEOLITHIC PERIOD
Men learned how to make tools and weapons out
of rough stones; sewed clothes with bone needles; lived by hunting and gathering food from nature.
PALEOLITHIC PERIOD
T or F
The important discovery during Paleolithic period was
fire by rubbing two dry pieces of sticks.
True
Lasted from 8,000 to 4,000 BC. The Neolithic Period began after the disappearance of the Cro-Magnon
Man.
NEOLITHIC PERIOD
Developed pottery, weaving, and other industries;
improved rough stone tools by polishing them.
NEOLITHIC PERIOD
Aka “Polished Stone Age.” The greatest achievement was the making of dugouts, the
world’s first boats.
NEOLITHIC PERIOD
Started at about 4,000 BC. Copper was discovered
near Mount Sinai.
METAL AGE
The peoples of Asia Minor (Middle East), particularly the Armenians and
Egyptians, began using this metal for making ornaments, such as cups, plates, and vases.
METAL AGE
T or F
The Phoenicians invented the first alphabet at about 1,000 B.C. It consisted of 22 letters, all consonants.
True
Ancient civilization refers specifically to the first
settled and stable communities that became the
basis for later states, nations, and empires.
ANCIENT PERIOD
T or F
4236 Ancient Egyptians devised a 365-day calendar
True
T or F
3500 The wheel is invented in Mesopotamia
True
