Early Civilization: Chapter 1

The Laotoli Footprints suggested evidence of:

Who made community decisions during the Neolithic Period?

The beginning of farming stated the _____ Revolution.

An extensive group of cities or territory under a single supreme authority.

Who sat at the top of most social classes in ancient societies?

What is the expected cause of death for Lucy?

How did Neolithic people separate themselves from Paleolithic people?

An abundance of farming and surplus of food meant what for early villages?

What was the profession of someone who could read and write?

_____ is a society's way of life.

Who were the anthropologists that found evidence of early hominids using tools in Olduvai Gorge?

The study of the origins of humans and human society

What was the first animal to be domesticated by humans?

The study of past people and cultures through their material remains.

What was the first group believed to have controlled fire for personal use?

The pre-historic era from roughly 10,000 BC to 1,900 BC:

What characteristics separate humans from other species?

Humans are the main reason for the extinction of the wooly mammoth

What are examples of an artifact?

Personal belongings buried alongside people in the Old Stone age may indicate that early people believed in:

Who discovered one of the earliest hominids known as Lucy

Where did the Neolithic Revolution begin?

Females are considered to have started the Neolithic Revolution.

Most writing systems evolved from ___.

What did the chipped stones at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania reveal about early hominids?

What is considered to be the first domesticated crop of the Neolithic Revolution?

Pre-historic era that took place from 2,000,00 BC to 10,000 BC

Where were most cities and civilizations founded by?

What were side effects of the Neolithic Revolution?

What classification of hominid was Lucy?

____ is a human-like create that walks bipedal and upright.

_______ must act like detectives by using evidence in order to study and understand past events.

What played major roles in cultural diffusion?

All domesticated dogs can trace their ancestry back to which paleolithic animal?

Discovered in the Alps, what is the name for one of the oldest mummified human remains?

It is believed that Paleolithic people developed a spoken language in order to: