Chapter 1: Prehistoric Times
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- What was important about Mary Leakey's Discovery?
- She discovered the first remnince of prehumans
- What are Hominids?
- Human beings and other living things that walk upright
- Define Prehistory
- The long period of time before people developed writing
- What does and anthropologist study?
- The physical features, development, and behavior of hominids
- What does and archeologist study?
- The material remains of prehistoric and historic people
- What are 3 ways that fire helped early man develop?
- It protected them from freezing winters, it cooked their food, it frightened away predators, and it helped slaughter animals
- What does a burial site say about early man?
- It shows us that they believed in life beyond death
- What is the same about Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons? What is different?
- Neanderthanls were caring, powerfully built, found in Germany, and had a larger brain than homo erectus. Cro Magnons were advanced in speaking, had better tools for hunting, learned how to sew, and were found in South Africa
- How did daily life change during the Neolithic time period?
- The early man started farming
- What are the factors that caused the agricultural revolution?
- Global warming supported crops and the crops supported more people using less space, which was good for the population boom
- What type of problems developed during the growth of villages?
- Natural disasters, disease, and attacks from nomads and wanderers all were problems city-states had
- What are the 5 key traits of civilization?
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1)The rise of cities
2)Specialized Workers
3)The use of writing
4)Advanced Tools
5)Complex Institutions - What are the 3 stone age periods?
- Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic