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Early Man Review

Early Man Review. What is History?. The study of the past. What Is Oral tradition?. Passing on History by word of mouth. What do you call an object made by someone from the past?. An Artifact. What is a fossil?. Is a part or imprint of something that was once alive.

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Early Man Review

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  1. Early Man Review

  2. What is History? The study of the past

  3. What Is Oral tradition? Passing on History by word of mouth

  4. What do you call an object made by someone from the past? An Artifact

  5. What is a fossil? Is a part or imprint of something that was once alive

  6. What is a Primary Source? Objects created under the time of study

  7. Why is the study of ancient Bones important to us today? Gives us information about our ancestors

  8. Why was Donald Johanson’s discovery of Lucy so important? It pointed to a Hominid’s ability to walk upright

  9. What Is Geography? The study of the earth’s features

  10. What do we call the natural features of the land’s surface? Landforms

  11. The invention of tools increased early man’s chances for survival. (True or False?) True

  12. What is technology? The use of skills and tools to meet practical needs

  13. The Neolithic Revolution is the… The shift from food gathering to food producing *Farming also allowed people to build permanent settlements

  14. Name three things early man used fire for • Cook Food • Move To Colder Climates • Use For light

  15. What are resources? Materials found in the earth that people need and value

  16. What is climate? The pattern of weather conditions in a certain area over a long period of time.

  17. What is environment? It includes all the living and non-living things that affect life in an area.

  18. What do you call an area with one or more features that separate it from other areas? A Region

  19. Give me two different examples of Primary Sources

  20. What is a secondary source? Records of the past that are based on studies of Primary Sources

  21. What does the word excavate mean? To dig up carefully

  22. Our understanding of Prehistory is often based on work done by who? Archaeologists and Anthropologists

  23. How are Historians like detectives? Explain They search for clues to help them solve the mystery of the past

  24. Name at least two methods archaeologists used to examine and learn more about the Ice Man • X-Rays • Carbon dating

  25. What is a Hominid? An early ancestor of humans

  26. What is a tool? Any handheld object that has been modified to help a person accomplish a task.

  27. The first part of the Stone Age was called the… The Paleolithic Era

  28. Migrate means… To move to new places

  29. A Land Bridge Is… A strip of land connecting two continents

  30. The Mesolithic era is the… Middle Stone Age

  31. The New Stone Age is called the… Neolithic Era

  32. Domestication is… The process of changing plants or animals to make them more useful to humans.

  33. A Society is… A community of people who share a common culture

  34. Provide at least 3 facts about CatalHuyuk • Existed over 8,500 years ago. • The largest city this old ever uncovered. • Houses were made of brick and plaster with entrances on the roof. • People there depended on agriculture and surpluses of crops.

  35. Another word for farming is… Agriculture

  36. Huge stones that were used as monuments are called…. Megaliths

  37. People started settling into new lands during the Mesolithic or Neolithic era? Mesolithic era

  38. What were some of the earliest man’s simple tools called? They were used for about 2 million years. Choppers

  39. Using large animals helped people in farming (true or false) True

  40. The End!

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