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2. Prehistoric Age

2. Prehistoric Age. I. The Study of Prehistory. A. INTRODUCTION PREHISTORY: DEFINITION: LONG TIME PERIOD BEFORE WRITING WAS INVENTED ARTIFACTS: DEFINITION: ANYTHING MADE BY ANCIENT HUMAN

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2. Prehistoric Age

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  1. 2. Prehistoric Age

  2. I. The Study of Prehistory A. INTRODUCTION PREHISTORY: DEFINITION: LONG TIME PERIOD BEFORE WRITING WAS INVENTED ARTIFACTS: DEFINITION: ANYTHING MADE BY ANCIENT HUMAN BEINGS SUCH AS TOOLS, POTTERY AND WEAPONS CULTURE: DEFINITION: A SET OF BELIEFS, KNOWLEDGE, AND PATTERNS OF LIVING THAT A GROUP OF PEOPLE DEVELOPS (WAY OF LIFE)

  3. II. THE STONE AGE A. INTRODUCTION STONE AGE: DEFINITION: THE PERIOD OF PREHISTORY THAT BEGINS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF STONE TOOLS -THE STONE AGE CAN BE DIVIDED INTO TWO ERAS 1) PALEOLITHIC AGE 2) NEOLITHIC AGE

  4. II. THE STONE AGE (Pg. 2) (1) PALEOLITHIC AGE: DEFINITION: THE OLD STONE AGE PALEO- OLD LITHIC- STONE AGE -IT LASTED FROM ABOUT 2.5 MILLION TO 8000 BCE (BEFORE COMMON ERA) -ARRIVAL OF HOMINIDS ABOUT 1.6 MILLION YEARS AGO DEFINITION: SPECIES OF CREATURES THAT WALK UPRIGHT

  5. II. THE STONE AGE (Pg. 2) A) EARLY HUMANS - DEVELOPED TECHNOLOGY DEFINITION: WAYS OF APPLYING KNOWLEDGE, TOOLS AND INVENTIONS TO MEET THEIR NEEDS -EARLY HOMINIDS DEVELOPED INTO HOMO SAPIENS DEFINITION: SPECIES NAME FOR MODERN HUMANS -ABOUT 40,000 YEARS AGO, A NEW GROUP OF PREHISTORIC HUMANS CALLED CRO-MAGNONS APPEARED -DEVELOPED MORE SPECIALIZED TOOLS AND SPOKEN LANGUAGE APPEARED IN ORDER TO HUNT EASIER -APPEARANCE OF CAVE DRAWINGS THAT DEPICTED THE EVENTS OF PREHISTORIC LIFE - THESE DRAWINGS HAVE HELPED ANTHROPOLOGISTS LEARN MORE ABOUT PREHISTORIC LIFE

  6. II. THE STONE AGE (Pg. 2) B) PREHISTORIC LIFE -DURING THE PALEOLITHIC AGE, PREHISTORIC PEOPLE WERE NOMADS DEFINITION: PEOPLE THAT MOVED FROM PLACE TO PLACE IN SEARCH OF BASIC SURVIVAL NEEDS (FOOD, WATER, SHELTER) • ALSO KNOWN AS HUNTERS-GATHERERS - DURING THE PALEOLITHIC ERA, EARLY HUMANS WOULD MIGRATE FROM AFRICA TO INDIA, CHINA, SOUTHEAST ASIA AND EUROPE IN SEARCH OF THEIR SURVIVAL NEEDS (MIGRATION)

  7. II. THE STONE AGE (Pg.3) (2) NEOLITHIC AGE DEFINITION: THE NEW STONE AGE NEO: NEW LITHIC: STONE AGE - IT BEGAN ABOUT 8000 BCE - THE MOST SIGNIFICANT EVENT THAT TOOK PLACE DURING THIS ERA WAS THE NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION

  8. III. NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION (1) NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION: -CHANGE FROM BEING NOMADIC TO CREATING PERMANENT SETTLEMENTS. -BEGAN TO DEVELOP AGRICULTURE AND BEGAN TO PRACTICE DOMESTICATION OF ANIMALS SUCH AS CATTLE, GOATS, SHEEP AND PIGS FOR FOOD (AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION) AGRICULTURE – GROWING OF CROPS FOR FOOD DOMESTICATION- BREEDING OF ANIMALS FOR FOOD

  9. III. NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION ( Pg. 2) 2) IMPACT OF THE NEOLITIC REVOLUTION: - THE SHIFT FROM FOOD GATHERING TO FOOD PRODUCTION WAS AN IMPORTANT ACHIEVEMENT IN THE EVOLUTION OF MAN. (1) UNLIKE HUNTING AND GATHERING, AGRICULTURE AND DOMESTICATION PROVIDED A STEADY SOURCE OF FOOD. (2) WITH A GREATER FOOD SUPPLY, POPULATION BEGAN TO INCREASE AND SPECIALIZED ROLES IN SOCIETY BEGAN TO APPEAR THAT WOULD LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF CIVILIZATIONS.

  10. IV. ADVANCEMENTS DURING THE NEOLITHIC AGE (1) INVENTIONS -TWO IMPORTANT INVENTIONS ENABLED TRADERS TO MOVE MORE GOODS OVER LONGER DISTANCES. 1) WHEEL 2) SAIL -TO CULTIVATE MORE LAND AND PRODUCE EXTRA CROPS FOR TRADING, ANCIENT PEOPLE BEGAN TO BUILD ELABORATE IRRIGATION SYSTEMS.

  11. IV. ADVANCEMENTS DURING THE NEOLITHIC AGE ( Pg. 2) 2) ROLES IN SOCIETY -PEOPLE SETTLED IN VARIOUS ROLES, SOCIAL CLASSES WITH VARYING WEALTH, POWER AND INFLUENCE BEGANTO EMERGE. THIS BECAME KNOWN SPECIALIZATION. DEFINITION: THE DEVELOPMENT OF SKILLS IN A SPECIFIC KIND OF WORK - AS POPULATIONS GREW, THESE EARLY SETTLEMENTS BEGAN TO EVOLVE INTO POWERFUL CIVILIZATIONS.

  12. IV. Advancements During the Neolithic Revolution (Pg.3) 3) Economic Changes -As civilizations began to appear, they developed traditional economies Traditional Economy- - Based on Agriculture and simple crafts - Use of barter system (trade)

  13. Compare and Contrast Chart Paleolithic Age ( Old Stone Age) Neolithic Age ( New Stone Age) -Development of Technology -Art -Early Religion • -Advanced Stone Tools • -Created Permanent • Settlements • -Agriculture/ • Domestication • Huts Simple Stone Tools Nomads Hunting/Gathering Caves Similarities Differences

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