History: Sections 1

What are weapons, tools, and other things made by humans called?

Artifacts

The wide use of metal, especially bronze, would introduce a new period of human history known as the _________ _____.

Bronze Age

What does it mean to tame wild animals?

Domesticate

The early Stone Age people had to learn to adapt to their ___________.

Environment

One of the most important events in all of human history happened during this time and is known as the ______________ revolution.

Farming

The taming of _______ changed the lives of the people.

Fire

What was a major life changing discovery that Paleolithic people learned that kept hem warm and gave them light?

Fire

_______________ is the story of what happened to humans in the past.

History

Since Paleolithic people __________ and gathered their food, they were always on the move.

Hunted

As a result of this discovery, the Paleolithic people were able to survive times of extreme cold called the ______ _____.

Ice Ages

_____________ in the West Bank and _________ _________ in present day Turkey are two of the earliest known communities in history.

Jericho, Çatal Hüyük

Over time, people learned to communicate with others through spoken ___________ and through art they painted on _______ walls.

Language, cave

Name three different types of crops grown in the world during the Neolithic Age.

Millet, Corn, Barley

What were houses built out of in the early community known as Çatal Hüyük?

Mud (they were called adobes)

The next period of human development occurred between 8000 B.C. and 4000 B.C. and is known as the Neolithic Age or the _____ _______ ____.

New Stone Age

What are people who moved from place to place called?

Nomads

The earliest period of human history is called the ____________ period or "Old Stone Age".

Paleolithic

What is the period of time called before people developed writing?

Prehistory

What word refers to change that greatly affected many areas of life?

Revolution

The settled life of the village brought about the development of different kinds of jobs otherwise known as ______________.

Specialization

What is the development of different kinds of jobs?

Specialization

These people were also the first to use __________ to help them perform tasks.

Technology

What did this discovery mark the beginning of?

The Neolithic Age

What is the time period called that lasted from 2.5 million years ago to about 8000 B.C.?

The Paleolithic Period

What is one thing people learned that was very important and allowed people to stay in one place instead of moving from place to place?

They learned to farm or grow food

Why is the period from 3000 B.C.- 1200 B.C. known as the Bronze Age?

This is called the Bronze Age because people began to make their tools out of bronze (bronze was widely used)

What is technology?

Tools and methods used to help humans perform tasks.

Farming allowed the people to live in ____________ where they built permanent homes.

Villages