Early Man

What do archaeologists do?

• create calendars

• study how humans developed

• hunt for evidence buried in the ground

• study animals

What is NOT an example of an artifact?

• weapons

• tools

• pottery

• bones

What is the earliest part of the Stone Age?

• Paleolithic

• Neolithic

• Mesolithic

• Jurassic

What is a nomad?

• an extinct animal

• people who move frequently with no fixed homes

• traces of plants or animals preserved in rocks

• people who tame animals

After the Ice Age, what did the people in the Neolithic Age do?

• built cities

• domesticated animals

• hunted and gathered food

• learned how to tame fire

What changed during the Neolithic Age or New Stone Age?

• people walked upright

• people cooked their food with fire

• people began to farm and build villages

• people made tools out of stone

What was the oldest community found in the Middle East?

• Otzi

• The Bering Straight

• Jericho

• Machu Pichu

People from this age painted cave walls, hunted and gathered, and learned to use fire

• Neolithic Age

• Paleolithic Age

• Mesolithic Age

• Jurassic Period

People from this age made pottery, began to raise animals, and specialized in certain jobs

• Paleolithic Age

• Neolithic Age

• Jurassic Period

• Otzi

What is prehistory?

• Anything before 10,000 BC

• Anything after 10,000 BC

• all history before writing

• all history before cave painting