U1 Prehistory Flashcards
What marks the pass from history to prehistory?
Writting was invented 3.000 BC
What is hominisation?
The procces in which apes develop and become humans.
Which is the 3 main homid and it’s characteristics.
Homo erectus: bigger brwin than the homo habilis, they walked uprite, they created biface and started using fire.
Explain the procces of the develompent of the chin.
Gradual reduction in the size of the jaw and teeth.
When does prehistory starts and ends?
Starts: 1 human being
Ends: writting is invented
What detrmines how we divide up the perids of Prehistory?
People living in that age, discovered new things to make their lives easier.
Least at least 3differences between the Paleolothic and the Neolithic ages.
- Started sedentarism
- Agriculture
- Developed tools
- Magement of resources
- Division of tasks
- More and more durable popoulation
- Trase started
- Meaning
What are the 5 develompents of hoministaion?
- BIPEDALISM
changes in pelvis in skull
enable to move around, use their arms
walking in two back legs - OPPOSABLE THUMBS
to press the thumbs against other fingers
enable manual tasks and tools with precision - 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 - CHIN
gradual reduction in the size of jaw and teeth
What does paleolithic mean? ¿When does it start? ¿When does it finish?
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
How was live in the paleolothic? Who were tribes organized? Where did they found their food? How was their group organized?
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.
What does being nomads mean?
They traveled from one place to another looking for food
How were first stone tools made in the paleolithic?
The made stone tools with another one
How was culture in the paleolithic?
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.
List some of the new tools and their functions developed during the Neolithic period
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
What dos the Neolithic means?
New stone
Why did people went from being nomadic to sedentary during the Neolithic period?
People started planting their own crops so there was no need to of moving from one place to another
When did the metal age started? When did this period finished?
It started 7,000 years ago until writting was invented
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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 ____.
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.
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
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
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?
Technological advances—> social economic changes
New metal resources—-> created new TRADE routes—-> spread different cultures
What is metallurgy? What did metal meant in this ages?
METALLURGY is the art of working with metal.
Metal become a symbol of wealth and power
