Early Man & Stone Age

The period of the Stone Age associated with the evolution of humans. It predates the Neolithic period.

• Paleolithic

• Agricultural Revolution

• Neolithic

• Ice Age

A person who learns about the human past by studying fossils and artifacts.

• Paleolithic

• Neolithic

• Archaeologist

• Ice Age

A person who moves from place to place in search of food.

• Pull Factors

• Nomad

• Domestication

• Secondary Source

Movement of people from one place to another.

• Neolithic

• Domestication

• Civilization

• Migration

A factor that draws or attracts people to another location.

• Pull Factors

• Push Factors

• Domestication

• Civilization

A factor that causes people to leave their homelands and migrate to another region.

• Push Factors

• Artifact

• Civilization

• Pull Factors

The taming of animals for human use, such as work or as food.

• Civilization

• Domestication

• Pull Factors

• Push Factors

The period of the Stone Age associated with the ancient Agricultural Revolution. It follows the Paleolithic period.

• Agricultural Revolution

• Ice Age

• Paleolithic

• Neolithic

A society with developed forms of religion and ways of governing.

• Pull Factors

• Domestication

• Civilization

• Push Factors

An object made by a human being, typically an item of cultural or historical interest.

• Push Factors

• Artifact

• Pull Factors

• Civilization