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Early Human PPT Flashcards

Early Human PPT Flashcards. How did early humans adapt to the environment?. Built fires Built shelters Made clothing Migrated to follow food. What were the Ice Ages?.

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Early Human PPT Flashcards

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  1. Early Human PPT Flashcards

  2. How did early humans adapt to the environment? • Built fires • Built shelters • Made clothing • Migrated to follow food

  3. What were the Ice Ages? • Long periods of time where the temperature dropped and areas of the Earth such as Northern Europe, Asia, and North America were covered with ice.

  4. What was the purpose of cave art? • Early form of religion • To bring good luck in hunts

  5. What was the agricultural revolution ? • The changes in human life that took place after farming was developed.

  6. How did domesticating animals influence life? • People no longer had to hunt for their meat. • They provided meat, milk , and wool • They carried goods and pulled carts.

  7. What was the importance of fire to early humans? • It gave • light • protection from animals • Warmth • Cooked meat which made it last longer

  8. How did life change as a result of the agricultural revolution? • People did not have to be nomadic • Populations increased • Fewer people starved • More children survived to adulthood • People lived closer together • Diseases spread more easily • People polluted their environment

  9. Explain the technology in Paleolithic and Neolithic times

  10. What were the roles of women & men in hunter-gatherer society? • Men: hunt for food • Women: gathered food, cared for children

  11. Why were people nomadic? • People needed to move to get food. If they hunted & gathered all the available food in one area, they would have to move to get a new food supply.

  12. Place the hominids in order from oldest to youngest. • Australopithecus afarensis • Homo habilis • Homo erectus • Homo sapienneaderthalensis • Homo sapiensapien

  13. Explain how archaeologist drawn conclusions about early humans. • They analyze artifacts and fossils and make hypotheses about what the artifacts show about early humans’ daily life such as what they ate, how long they lived, what they looked like etc.

  14. Define nomad • A person or group of people who move regularly to find food and shelter.

  15. Define domesticate • To tame animals and plants for human use.

  16. Define hominid • A creature that walked on two legs.

  17. Define specialization • The development of different types of jobs within a community.

  18. Agricultural Revolution • Extreme changes in human lifestyles brought on by the development of farming.

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