Chapter 1 Digging Up The Past/The Stone Age

Technology is the way humans produce the items they use.

The first plants to be domesticated were grains like wheat, rice, and barley.

This is when people used tools and weapons made of stone.

Humans realized that animals could be useful and began to domesticate them.

***___ is from about 3,500,000 to 10,000 years ago and very LITTLE progress in technology was accomplished.

When did the "Late Stone Age" occur on our timeline?

A great sheet of ice covering a great stretch of land.

How did plant and animal domestication affect community life?

What animals have NOT been found in cave paintings?

Where archaeologists dig up artifacts.

The different roles that people have in a society. (work/jobs)

The exact age of the Ice Man was determined by...

What is an animal that was living around 10,000 B.C.?(more than one answer is correct)

What is the word that means "different?"

What is the way in which individuals and groups interact with their environment? (art, technology, religion, food, etc.)

How people live and develop in their culture is called_____________

What we know of the Stone Age culture is from the artifacts they left behind.

Who of the following study ancient peoples and their artifacts?

Which of the following does NOT describe the Stone Age?

***Agriculture started in the Old Stone Age.

What was a tool or weapon used during the Stone Age? (More than one answer is correct)

A person who travels from place to place usually following herds of animals.

This period of time was from 10,000 to 5,000 years ago when people made A GREAT AMOUNT of progess in life.

Humans had to wait for glaciers to spread before they could begin growing crops.

***A surface feature on Earth such as a mountain or hill.

People started to live in larger communities when they started to develop____________

To gather crops.

Prehistory is the time before ________________ was written. (This is the definition.)

What kept cave art from being destroyed?

During the Stone Age, the healers were able to do...

Cave art is found on every continent.

What did the surplus of food lead to during the Stone Age?

To find out about prehistory, archaeologists examine...

How do archaeologists draw conclusions about prehistoric people?

You would study landforms and physical features in... 

People and animals crossed this to get to North America...

What were tools and weapons made of in this chapter?

The average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time.

They believe that people first came from/appeared in which continent? (The oldest remains have been found here.)

What means "to move" or "to move a great distance"?

During the Ice Age, travel was made easier when the ______________level went down.

A great deal of progress was made during the Old Stone Age.