Early Man Review

What is History?

The study of the past

What Is Oral tradition?

Passing on History by word of mouth

What do you call an object made by someone from the past?

An Artifact

What is a fossil?

Is a part or imprint of something that was once alive

What is a Primary Source?

Objects created under the time of study

Why is the study of ancient Bones important to us today?

Gives us information about our ancestors

Why was Donald Johanson’s discovery of Lucy so important?

It pointed to a Hominid’s ability to walk upright

What Is Geography?

The study of the earth’s features

What do we call the natural features of the land’s surface?

Landforms

The invention of tools increased early man’s chances for survival. (True or False?)

True

What is technology?

The use of skills and tools to meet practical needs

The Neolithic Revolution is the…

The shift from food gathering to food producing*Farming also allowed people to build permanent settlements

Name three things early man used fire for

• Cook Food• Move To Colder Climates• Use For light

What are resources?

Materials found in the earth that people need and value

What is climate?

The pattern of weather conditions in a certain area over a long period of

time.

What is environment?

It includes all the living and non-living things that affect life in an area.

What do you call an area with one or more features that separate it from

other areas?

A Region

Give me two different examples of Primary Sources

What is a secondary source?

Records of the past that are based on studies of Primary Sources

What does the word excavate mean?

To dig up carefully

Our understanding of Prehistory is often based on work done by who?

Archaeologists and Anthropologists

How are Historians like detectives? Explain

They search for clues to help them solve the mystery of the past

Name at least two methods archaeologists used to examine

and learn more about the Ice Man

• X-Rays• Carbon dating

What is a Hominid?

An early ancestor of humans

What is a tool?

Any handheld object that has been modified to help a person accomplish a

task.

The first part of the Stone Age was called the…

The Paleolithic Era

Migrate means…

To move to new places

A Land Bridge Is…

A strip of land connecting two continents

The Mesolithic era is the…

Middle Stone Age

The New Stone Age is called the…

Neolithic Era

Domestication is…

The process of changing plants or animals to make them more useful to

humans.

A Society is…

A community of people who share a common culture

Provide at least 3 facts about Catal Huyuk

• Existed over 8,500 years ago.• The largest city this old ever uncovered.• Houses were made of brick and plaster with

entrances on the roof.• People there depended on agriculture and

surpluses of crops.

Another word for farming is…

Agriculture

Huge stones that were used as monuments are called….

Megaliths

People started settling into new lands during the Mesolithic or Neolithic era?

Mesolithic era

What were some of the earliest man’s simple tools called? They were used for about 2 million years.

Choppers

Using large animals helped people in farming (true or false)

True

The End!