U1 Prehistory

Question 1

What marks the pass from history to prehistory?

Answer 1

Writting was invented 3.000 BC

Question 2

What is hominisation?

Answer 2

The procces in which apes develop and become humans.

Question 3

Which is the 3 main homid and it’s characteristics.

Answer 3

Homo erectus: bigger brwin than the homo habilis, they walked uprite, they created biface and started using fire.

Question 4

Explain the procces of the develompent of the chin.

Answer 4

Gradual reduction in the size of the jaw and teeth.

Question 5

When does prehistory starts and ends?

Answer 5

Starts: 1 human being
Ends: writting is invented

Question 6

What detrmines how we divide up the perids of Prehistory?

Answer 6

People living in that age, discovered new things to make their lives easier.

Question 7

Least at least 3differences between the Paleolothic and the Neolithic ages.

Answer 7

1. Started sedentarism
2. Agriculture
3. Developed tools
4. Magement of resources
5. Division of tasks
6. More and more durable popoulation
7. Trase started
8. Meaning

Question 8

What are the 5 develompents of hoministaion?

Answer 8

1. BIPEDALISM
   changes in pelvis in skull
   enable to move around, use their arms
   walking in two back legs
2. OPPOSABLE THUMBS
   to press the thumbs against other fingers
   enable manual tasks and tools with precision
3. SKULL AND BRAIN
   the gradual increase in the size of the skull, brain and front to an imcrease in intelligence
   4.LARYNX
   changes in laryn made languages posible
4. CHIN
   gradual reduction in the size of jaw and teeth

Question 9

What does paleolithic mean? ¿When does it start? ¿When does it finish?

Answer 9

Paleolithic means old stone, this period started 3 million years ago with the first human being in (Africa) and finished in 10.000 a.C

Question 10

How was live in the paleolothic? Who were tribes organized? Where did they found their food? How was their group organized?

Answer 10

They lived in small tribes they, coperated to survie and developed languages.
They were nomads.
They hunted meat and fish and didn’t produce their own food
Divided their tasks between men and women. No private properties.
They were masters of fire, they used it for all.

Question 11

What does being nomads mean?

Answer 11

They traveled from one place to another looking for food

Question 12

How were first stone tools made in the paleolithic?

Answer 12

The made stone tools with another one

Question 13

How was culture in the paleolithic?

Answer 13

They prayed to the Sund and rain.
Rituals for food
They burried their deaths
First paintings in cabes that represented their daily tasks
They used soil,blood and plants to make paint.

Question 14

List some of the new tools and their functions developed during the Neolithic period

Answer 14

PLOW AND STICKLE: plow and harre crops
HAND MIL: grind grains
POTTERY: started using pottery to carry water. eating ans string food
WHEEL: this new tool made easier agriculture tasks

Question 15

What dos the Neolithic means?

Answer 15

New stone

Question 16

Why did people went from being nomadic to sedentary during the Neolithic period?

Answer 16

People started planting their own crops so there was no need to of moving from one place to another

Question 17

When did the metal age started? When did this period finished?

Answer 17

It started 7,000 years ago until writting was invented

Question 18

Complete
The metal ages are divided in ___ different periods: the ___age that began in the ____ BC in the Fertile Cresent area, this metal is ___, easy to ____ and to make ____. The ____ age started in the ____ BC in the Near East, this material is an ____ of copper and ___ it is a ___ material used for sculptures. The las period of time, the ____ age began ___ BC in ____ its a ___, strong and it was more ____.

Answer 18

The metal ages are divided in 3 different periods: the COPPER age that began in the 5000 BC in the Fertile Cresent area, this metal is SOFT, easy to WORK and to make JEWLERY . The BRONZE age started in the 3000 BC in the Near East, this material is an ALLO of copper and TIN it is a STRONGER material used for sculptures. The las period of time, the IRON age began 1200 BC in ANATOLIA its a HARDER, strong and it was more DURABLE.

Question 19

Correct this statements

a) Agriculture,cattle raising and metalurgy developed wealth between women . People had more food resources so this also ment that they lived less amount of years
b) Cities had very little amount of popullation and they protected with walls

Answer 19

a) Agriculture,cattle raising and TRADE developed wealth between TRADE . People had more food resources so this also ment that they lived MORE amount of years
b) Cities had very A LOT amount of popullation and they protected with walls

Question 20

What did technological advances developed during the Metal Ages?
People living during this time had a lot of different resources, what are the consecuence of this?

Answer 20

Technological advances—> social economic changes

New metal resources—-> created new TRADE routes—-> spread different cultures

Question 21

What is metallurgy? What did metal meant in this ages?

Answer 21

METALLURGY is the art of working with metal.

Metal become a symbol of wealth and power