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Prehistory Notes

Prehistory Notes. Read each statement and decide if it describes an anthropologist (A) or archaeologist (B). _____ Studies how groups of people from the past lived. _____ Finds and studies remains from the past. _____ Excavates. _____ Interested in how humans behave. Prehistory Notes.

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Prehistory Notes

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  1. Prehistory Notes Read each statement and decide if it describes an anthropologist (A) or archaeologist (B). • _____ Studies how groups of people from the past lived. • _____ Finds and studies remains from the past. • _____ Excavates. • _____ Interested in how humans behave

  2. Prehistory Notes • What is the major difference between a fossil and an artifact? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ • Prehistory- the time period before _________. • Historic Period- ________________________ _____________________________________

  3. Prehistory Notes • Label the following as a Fossil or Artifact: _____ a clay pot _____ a feather _____ a beaded bracelet _____ an iron sword _____ fish bones _____ strand of hair _____ woven basket

  4. The Paleolithic Age What were nomads? ________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ Why did people have to live this way during the Stone Age? ________________________________________________________________________________________________

  5. The Paleolithic Age • Tell why each change was important: Advanced tools and Weapons (2 reasons) • ___________________________________ • ___________________________________ Language (2 reasons) • ___________________________________ • ___________________________________

  6. The Paleolithic Age • Tell why this change was important: Discovery of Fire (4 reasons) • ___________________________________ • ___________________________________ • ___________________________________ • ___________________________________

  7. Agricultural Revolution • What does agriculture mean? __________________ • How did agriculture change the lives of nomads? __________________________________________ • What is specialization of labor? ____________________________________________ • Why was this important? _____________________ ___________________________________________

  8. Traits of Civilization Write the FIVE Traits of Civilization, and match each to it’s definition. • ______________ • ______________ • ______________ • ______________ • ______________ • A way of keeping track of data • Centers of trade • Organized groups of people who have something in common • A worker with a specific skill • New inventions and ideas that make life easier or solve problems

  9. Environmental Challenges • How did the Mesopotamians solve each problem: • Lack of natural resources _________________________________________ • Unpredictable flooding _________________________________________ • No natural barriers/defenseless against attacks _________________________________________

  10. Environmental Challenges • The ONLY natural resource that was found in Mesopotamia and was used for all buildings and walls was: ________________________________ Define surplus: _________________________ *The farmers could grow a surplus of food because the rivers __________, leaving behind a rich, fertile soil called __________.

  11. Social Pyramid • Look at your completed social pyramid. Create a sentence(s) using the first letter of each word in the order that it appears (From the top to the bottom). This sentence will help you to fill in a blank social pyramid. • Write your sentence below: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

  12. Hammurabi’s Code of Law • Written on ___________ for everyone to see. • Basic Philosophy: An _______ for an ______. • This means the ______________ must “fit” the __________________.

  13. Hammurabi’s Code of Law Read the two cases below. Why are the punishments different? Case #1: A nobleman runs down a common women with his horse. Her donkey runs off and her arm is broken. His punishment is to pay a small fine to the women. Case #2: A nobleman runs down a noblewomen with his horse. Her donkey runs off and her arm is broken. His punishment is to have his arm broken. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

  14. Language and Religion Fill in the blanks using the words in the wordbank. polytheism cuneiform ziggurat • A ______________ was a pyramid-shaped temple in the middle of each city. • _________________ is the belief in more than one god. • Wedge-shaped writing in Mesopotamia was called ____________________.

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