Unit 1: Intro to Ancient Civilizations

Scholars who study human society

artifacts can be anything made or used by

An archaeologist would

Geographers study natural features of

World Theme: forms of government, political revolts

Social scientist: study artifacts for clues

Cave paintings give us information about ceremonies or special gatherings

Having control over ____ one of the most important advances

World Theme: gender roles, family customs, race, social classes

World Theme: disease, population growth, migration, patterns of human settlement

World Theme: development of trade, written language improvement, artistic, architectural

Scholars study cave paintings to learn how humans lived and to study

Cave paintings give us information about the kinds of animals that lived.

We know prehistoric cave artists built wood structures to stand on because

Cave paintings give us information about how human lived

Prehistoric tools

Farmers: food ____

Stone Age: Neolithic Age and Paleolithic Age

Social scientist: Where did people live? How did they use their environment to survive?

A prehistoric object comes from a time

Hunter-gatherers: food

Painting of these are less common in cave art

Cave paintings give us information about hunting rituals

Social scientist: Who lived in this place? When did they live here? What were they like?

Cave paintings give us information about actual events

Cave paintings give us information about people's beliefs

social scientist: study artifacts and documents (diaries, letters)

Social scientist: What happened in the past?

Studying prehistoric history is difficult because

Social scientist: create maps

People who study history ask questions, study evidence and form hypotheses

Cave paintings give us information about hunting methods

Which is not a world theme

People who study the past are like