World history Flashcards
What is another term for paleolithic?
Old stone age
What is another term for neolithic?
New stone age
What characteristic made the significant change (transformation) to neolithic from paleolithic eras?
Agriculture
Name the characteristics of a paleolithic society.
controlled fire
simple tools
oral language
cave art
small clans of 20-30
nomadic
Name the characteristics of the neolithic societies.
domesticated animals agriculture
permanent settlements
(advanced) metal tools
pottery
weaving
What are the three crafts (job specialization) of the neolithic?
pottery, metal working and weaving
What is the name of the neolithic site in England?
Stonehenge
What is the name of the neolithic site in Anatolia?
Catal Huyuk
First Humans emerged in ___ and the order of sequence of migration was?
Africa and spread to Eurasia, Australia and Americas
How long ago were the first Homo Sapiens located?
100,000 to 400,000 years ago
Scientist who study past cultures by analyzing fossils and artifacts are called?
archaeologists
type of scientific test of artifacts to determine approximate age
carbon dating
What ancient cities of neolithic times are in the fertile crescent
Jericho (located in Palestine) and Aleppo (in modern day Syria)
Anatolia is also known as modern day?
Turkey
Categorize some items that would assist with agriculture development in the neolithic?
plow, irrigation, tools for fields
Trace the migration of early Homo Sapiens
Africa, Eurasia, Australia, Americas
The Neolithic Revolution is often referred to as the dawning of civilization and the agricultural revolution of early times. Where would that begin? Region?
SW Asia
“I am lucky enough to have been involved for half a century with work, mostly in East Africa, that very much belongs to everyone…”
This quote was stated by whom and interpreted to mean what?
Mary Leakey– Man first origins are East Africa
How did early man survive in the world?
Adaptation to their environment
Surplus of food, rise of cities, job specialization and development of new technology would all fit under the category of….
effects of the Neolithic Revolution
Name the 3 types of testing used by archaeologists?
Carbon Dating, Geo Layering, Crop Yield
What caused social classes to develop in the Neolithic times?
Job specialization such as potters and weavers.
What is hierarchy?
Levels in class or government
What is culture?
Way of Life/ artistic and institutions, literary
Give an example of technology during Neolithic and then Paleolithic times?
Neolithic would be copper tools/plow for farming or irrigation ditches for farming, yoke for cattle to plow fields.
Paleolithic would be making bones or antlers into tools.
Give an example of culture in Paleolithic and Neolithic times.
Paleolithic culture: hunting scenes/cave art
Neolithic: written language, weaving, painting pottery
What were the simple tools made from?
stone, bone, wood
Advanced tools were made from….
copper and sophisticated designs
When early Neolithic societies domesticated animals, where did they settle and why?
on rivers because easy to domesticate when animals come to the water
What is the sequence (order) of early man to river civilizations?
- Hunter Gatherer
- Neolithic Villages
- Early River Valley Civilizations
Why was early man nomadic?
Following food sources for survival
Give the date of oldest to latest(newer) on the items listed below:
A. 25 CE Crown
B. 200 BCE Necklace
C. 80,000 BCE Wooden Tool
D. 6,000 BCE Axe from Copper
Order is C, D, B, A
Why did early man during river valleys settle on water?
Domesticate animals,
Irrigate crops
fish and drinking water
Trade established
What happens when you have a surplus of agriculture?
This is extra which allows for job specialization which then leads to social classes. This extra grain can be traded..
