Western Civilization Chapter 1 Review

Sumerian scribes invented a system of writing using wedge-shaped symbols on clay tablets.

Group whose food supply depends on hunting animals and collecting plant foods

The study of the origins and development of humans and human society

The era in prehistory that dates from at least 2.5 million B.C. to about 8,000 BC- Old Stone Age

Taming of animals

Some scholars think that Old Stone Age people created cave paintings

Scribes were valuable to rulers because of the scribe's skill in

Anthropologist who went to Ethiopia to dig for early hominid artifacts. He found "Lucy"

A skilled worker. Can make things by hand

A belief in many gods.

The populations of early villages were able to grow mostly due to

Humans and other creatures that walk upright, meaning they can walk on two legs.

The term for a unique way of life of a group of people.

Which of the following is an example of an artifact?

The belief that spirits and forces exist within animals, objects, or dreams.

The New Stone Age began when early people learned to

Objects made by people or hominids.

The skills and tools people use to meet their basic needs.

The first civilizations developed around

a major result of migration, trade, and warfare was

The skeleton Donald Johanson discovered and named "Lucy" belonged to the hominid group

The chipped stones that Mary & Louis Leakey found in Olduvai Gorge revealed that early hominids

The development of skills in a specific kind of work.

Which hominid group do anthropologists think was the first to use fire?

A political territory consisting of a city and its surrounding land is called a

People who wander from place to place in search of food are called

The only hominids still on Earth today are

The revolutionary period, known as the New Stone Age began in 8,000 B.C.

What are an archaeologist's primary resources in learning about prehistoric peoples?