Study Guide for MS Final Exam

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Paleolithic Era: Origin of human-like people

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Human-like people probably began in Africa and migrated to Asia, Europe, Australia, and the Americas.

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Paleolithic Era: Lifestyle

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Lived as hunters-gatherers and moved from place to place.

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Neolithic Era: Significance

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Considered the most important event in human history because people settled in one place.

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Neolithic Era: Benefits of settled life

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Populations grew rapidly, more food was grown, trade developed, new jobs emerged, and new tools were made.

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Domestication

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Humans change plants and animals for their own needs.

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Toolmaking advancements

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Used to cut grains; people began working with metals, creating new tools and weapons. Copper and tin create Bronze, leading to the Bronze Age.

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Early civilizations' location

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Began near rivers or water sources, often protected by geographic barriers like deserts, mountains, and oceans.

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Çatalhöyük

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World’s first city of settled people.

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Mesopotamia: Location

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Located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, known as the fertile crescent.

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Cuneiform

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A mud-brick system of writing.