Toward Civilization Review

The objects identified in the picture would most likely come from which period of time?

• Neolithic Period

• Paleolithic Period

• Iron Age

• Bronze Age

During the Neolithic Era, which change first resulted in the creation of settled communities?

• Invention of written language

• Development of agriculture

• Specialization of labor

• Use of pottery

Neolithic people...

• Created fire

• Lived in small clans

• Used domesticated animals

• Were nomadic

A new discovery from a New Stone Age village would most likely be analyzed by...

• A physicist

• An archaeologist

• A geographer

• A geologist

When studying prehistoric people, cave drawings, like the one above, allow archaeologists to...

• Speculate about daily lives

• Understand spoken languages

• Interpret written records

• Study farming techniques

NEW advances during the Neolithic Era included:

• Weaving cloth and making pottery

• Using charcoal for cave paintings

• Using fire for warmth and protection

• Using bone from animals to make tools

What was the Neolithic Era?

• A change from hunting and gathering to settled farming

• A war that resulted in the migration of people to North America

• A religious movement in which people began to practice monotheism

• A period of time when the Earth's surface was mostly covered in ice

The taming of animals for personal use.

• domestication
• domination
• animalization 
• petting zoo

What is the time period before written language was created?

• History

• Climate

• Pre-History

• Environment

The characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people (or their "way of life") is:

• Religion

• Culture

• Government

• Beliefs