Review for 1st Test

Paleolithic humans were ___, or people who move from place to place to survive.

___ are rocklike remains of biological organisms—a leaf imprint or a skeleton.

Species that emerged around 1.5 million years ago who made larger tools and left Africa.

They try to explain the forces of nature and their roles in the world.

___ is the early period of human history (approximately 2,500,000 to 10,000 B.C.) in which humans use simple stone tools

Members of the upper classes in the first communities.

First animals to be domesticated during the Neolithic Revolution.

It is the study of past societies through analysis of what people left behind, like artifacts.

These are dating methods to know how old things are.

Ancient community of approximately 6000 inhabitants who lived in mud brick houses and was located in present-day Turkey.

_____ is the study of human life and culture.

They were two of the first cities to develop in human history.

Religious men who supervised rituals aimed to please the gods and goddesses.

Characteristics of civilizations. (Choose two answers)

Main reason for Homo erectus to survive as they emigrated to Asia and Europe

The ___ of animals added a steady source of meat, milk, and wool.

___ regulate and organize human activity.

During the ___ there was a gradual shift from the food-gathering and hunting economy to a food-producing one.

Material ancient peoples DIDN'T USE for making tools.

It means “old stone” and it is the first human period.

They were some of the first civilizations in the world.

_____ is the study of past societies through analysis of what people left behind.

Anthropologist who found the “southern apes” in the south of Africa. He discovered Lucy.

It is defined as the way of life some people follow.

Paleolithic is Greek for “old stone,” and the Paleolithic Age is sometimes called the ___.

Time when sheets of thick ice covered large parts of Europe, Asia, and North America.

Inhabitants of present-day Mexico and Central America who grew beans, squash, and maize between 7000 and 5000 B.C.

Archeologists dig up and examine ____ -objects made by humans. They may be tools, weapons, art, or buildings.

Shift from the hunting and the gathering of food to the keeping of animals and the growing of food on a regular basis

All humans today, wether they are Europeans, Australian Aborigines, or Africans, they belong to...

Who were some of the first persons to learn how to write?

Place in France where cave paintings of large animals were found.

Special buildings in Çatal Hüyük that contained figures of gods and goddesses.

Only hominids who could survived because of adaptation to weather conditions.

Reason for the end of the Neolithic Age.

Strait that Homo sapiens sapiens used to cross to The Americas

It is the revolution that occurred in the Neolithic Age, the period of human history from 8000 to 4000 B.C.

The growing of crops on a regular basis gave rise to more permanent settlements known as:

It means the period before writing was developed.

Meaning of A.D.

It is a complex culture in which large numbers of human beings share a number of common elements.

Skilled workers who made products such as weapons, jewelry, and figures.

Which of the following is NOT a consequence of the Neolithic Revolution?

Humans and other creatures that walk upright.

First rulers who organized armies to protect their populations and made laws to regulate their subjects’ lives.

They were first found in the Neander Valley in Germany. They buried their dead.

Archeologists dig up and examine _____ —objects made by humans.

___ was the first metal to be used in making tools.

They were the earliest humanlike creatures who lived in Africa as long as 3 to 4 million years ago.

Hominids that lived from 2.5 to 1.6 million years ago, had larger brains and they had the ability to make tools.