1. The Paleolithic Era to the Agricultural Revolution
WHI SOL
Part I

2. Homo Sapiens emerged in _______________ between 100,000 and 400,000 years ago

3. Africa

4. What continents did homo sapiens migrate to?

5. Europe, Asia, Australia, North America, and South America

6. The survival of early humans depended on the availability of wild plants and animals. Because of this, how do we describe these early humans?

7. hunter gatherers

8. This age is known as the old stone age, it lasted from about 2
This age is known as the old stone age, it lasted from about 2.5 million years ago to 8000 B.C.

9. Paleolithic Age

10. During the Paleolithic age, people wandered from place to place instead of settling down. What do we call these people?

11. Nomads

12. Name three things that the nomads were searching for:

13. Food, water, and shelter

14. People of the Paleolithic age learned to use this for light, to keep warm, and cook their food

15. Fire

16. People of the Paleolithic age also were the first to make these to help them with hunting, building shelters, making fires, and even for protection.

17. tools and weapons

18. Paleolithic people lived in small groups of only 20 or 30 people
Paleolithic people lived in small groups of only 20 or 30 people. They traveled and lived with a group of families that were related to each other. What is the term for this type of group?

19. A clan

20. Paleolithic people also created works of art, including painting
Paleolithic people also created works of art, including painting. Thousands of years ago, artists mixed charcoal, mud, and animal blood to make paint. They used this paint to draw pictures of animals on rocks and in these

21. caves

22. Paleolithic cave art is an example of what type of writing?

23. Pictographs

24. Over the years, some humans realized that they could leave plant seeds in an area one year and find plants growing there the next year. This was the beginning of this era

25. The Neolithic Revolution

26. Neolithic people learned how to tame animals and plants for farming purposes. What is this called?

27. Domestication

28. Neolithic people also made these things for carrying and storing goods

29. Pottery and baskets

31. 1. Asia 2. Rivers

32. These scientists study past cultures by locating and analyzing human remains, settlements, fossils, and artifacts.

33. Archaeologists

34. Remains, such as tools jewelry, pottery, and other things made by humans

35. Artifacts

36. Archaeologists apply this scientific test to date fossils and artifacts.

37. carbon dating

38. An example of an archaeological site in England that was begun during the Neolithic Age and completed during the Bronze Age.

39. Stonehenge

40. Two examples of early cities in the Fertile Crescent studied by archaeologists.

41. .Aleppo
Aleppo and Jericho

42. an example of a Neolithic settlement currently under excavation in Anatolia.

43. Çatalhöyük

44. The Neolithic period is considered to have ended when this began?

45. Writing