2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2pt 3 pt 4pt 5 pt 1pt 2pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4pt 5 pt 1pt VocabularyPaleolithic Mesolithic Neolithic Odds and Ends
Farming is known as…
agriculture
Process of changing plants or animals to make them more useful to humans.
Domestication
What are the Ice Ages?
Long periods of freezing weather
Type of bone used to build early houses.
Mammoth
The shift from food gathering to food producing.
Neolithic Revolution
Another name for Homo Erectus is…
“Upright man”
What effect did the invention of tools have on early humans?
Increased chances for survival
Name 3 experts who study the past.
Historian Archeologist Geographer
True or False: Donald Johnson’s discovery of Lucy was the first discovery of ancient bones.
False -proved they walked upright
Give 3 examples of how prehistoric people learned to adapt to their environment.
1. Made simple tools to process food. 2. Used fire to cook food. 3. Developed language
True or False: Early people believed in gods such as the thunder gods.
True
Why did people learn to make clothes and build shelters after migrating out of Africa?
They needed more protection to survive in colder areas.
By 9000 BC, people lived on all continents except…
Antarctica
True or False: During the Mesolithic Era, people settled in new lands.
True
How did migration cause people to adapt to new areas during the Mesolithic Era?
High mountains and cold temperatures delayed migration. Humans began to migrate around the world, and earlier hominids died out Climate changes Survival
Huge stones used as monuments.
Megaliths
What effect did farming have on people in the Stone Age?
Allowed them to build permanent settlements.
True or False: The development of farming helped establish permanent settlements.
True
Plants and animals had different meaning during the New Stone Age due to:
Climate changes and human innovations
How did farming change societies?
Grew their own crops, changed plants to be more useful Domestication of plants and animals Raised crops and animals Populations grew Developed into towns Gathered to perform religious ceremonies
To move
Migrate
True or False: Early people learned about fire from rubbing two rocks together.
False -that made sharp objects
The name means “southern ape”
Australopithecus
Archeologist who believed that bones found in East Africa in 1959 belonged to hominids.
Mary Leakey
A Famous Megalith
Stonehenge
RULES FOR JEOPARDY REVIEW Class is divided into seven teams. Listen intently to your team assignment so class time is not wasted getting situated. We will begin with Group one selecting a CATEGORY and POINT VALUE. –No other group is to be speaking at this time, but rather taking notes to study for the test, and thinking SILENTLY of the answer in case there is an opportunity for a steal. –If the group gets the question wrong, the question will move on to the next group for a chance to steal. Whichever group gets the steal is who the next question will be asked to.