Great Civilizations 1.1-1.3

Paleolithic Era

• First era of human history- fire, migration, hunter gatherers

• First turning point of human history- farming

• First civilizations

Nomadic

• Settled (as in cities)

• Moving from place to place

• Characteristic of Civilization

Hunter-Gatherers refers to...

• Neolithic man farmed

• Today humans buy food at the store

• Early man hunted animals & gathered berries to survive

Oral Histories

• Before writing humans shared creation stories this way

• These are the MOST reliable form of evidence

• These ALWAYS agree with scientific evidence

The first humans evolved in what Continent?

• North America

• Australia

• Europe

• Africa

Migration was necessary because...

• People wanted to travel the world

• an ice age forced animals to migrate for food

• mass extinction of the dinosaurs confused humans

Cave Paintings show...

• That Paleolithic man had some form of religion

• That vandalism was all over the ancient world

• That Cavemen loved to doodle

Why did Early Humans develop fire?

• Warmth
• Protection
• Cooking Food
• All of the above

  The production of food by farming crops and domesticating animals

• Archaeologist
• Artifact
• Agriculture
• Angel

Scientist who studies earlier peoples and cultures using artifacts and remains

• Archaeologist
• Artifact
• Agriculture
• Angel