Name ________________________________________
Early Human Unit Study Guide
Social Studies
1. History
Definition
Real Life Examples
*The study of Past Events
* American Civil War
* people
2. Geography
*The study of the Earth
* mountains
* deserts
3. Sociology
*The study of human interaction
* talking to peers
* sports teams
4. Economics
5. Political Science
*The knowledge of the
* money
exchange/trading of goods
* trade and Barter
*The knowledge of how people
* president
order/govern themselves
* communism
Fact/Judgement/Opinion
Term
Definition
Key words/clues
Fact
Statements that can be proven
Observations, written records, etc.
Judgement
Based of fact but cannot be proven
Probably, reasonably, possibly, etc.
Opinion
Statement of personal preference
Think, feel, etc.
Timelines
B.-Before
C.-Common
E.-Era
C.-Common
E.-Era
Century =100 years (find the century a year is in by locating the hundreds and add 1)
Example: 763 B.C.E = 7 +
___8______ = __8__th century B.C.E.
Prehistory – the time before __writing___________________________
Archeological Specialists
Characteristics (studies…)
Archeologist
*remains of human society and culture
*Botanist
ancient plants and diet
Chemist
*using dating tests to see how old things are
*Geologist
how the earth has changed
Linguist
*ancient pollen to determine plants and diet
*Paleoanthropologist
human ancestors and types of creatures
Define
Hominid – human ancestors
Biped – using to feet/legs to walk
Capabilities and achievements of:
Hominids (according to
Chars./Capabilities (2
How did these capabilities
examples)
influence life?
Chapter 2)
Australopithecus
*Bipedal
* Ability to move more quickly
*Carried food/young
* More food/survivability
*Tool making
* Make life easier
*scavengers
* The ability to get more meat
*use fire
* Warmth to survive cold
afarensis
Homo habilis
Homo erectus
weather
Homo sapiens
*build huts
* Cooking food for better health
*sense of community
* Taking care of injured
neanderthalensis
strengthens the whole
*buried the dead
* Prevented spread of disease
Paleolithic Age =_________Old Stone Age____________________________________________
*Dates: 2 million – 8,000 B.C.E.
2 aspects of Life
*Nomads – traveling from place to place for food
*Men were hunters and women were gatherers
Nomads
Neolithic Age = ______New Stone Age_________________________________________________
*Dates: 8,000 B.C.E. – 3000 B.C.E.
* strongest tool used during this time period was made of _____stone_______________.
Agriculture - _________farming____________________ and the domestication (training) of
________animals_____________________.
Agricultural Revolution – this changed human life in 6 ways. List 6 ways below:
1.
Stable Lifestyle
4.
Roles in Communities
2.
Permanent Dwellings
5.
Trade Increases
3.
Communities Grow