Unit 1 Study Guide
What You will Be Tested On
 Vocab Terms
 Chart events on a timeline
 Identify and Draw the pattern of early human migration & the spread of agriculture
 Identifify each Neolithic settlement by its location on a map
 Charactersitc of Paleolithic Life
 5 Characterisitcs of Neolithic Life
WORD BANK
1. Group of early humans that emerged around 200,000 years ago.
2. Continent on which early humans emerged
3. Term that characterizes early groups of nomads
4. The Old Stone Age =
5. Old Stone Age people used oral languages and __________ art to record history.
6. Nomadic groups changed into settled societies in the
7. These settled societies used _____________________ for farming.
8. Term for taming and breeding animals
9. Term for planting and harvesting crops.
10. Scientists that study artifacts and fossils.
11.Method of dating fossils and artifacts
12. This as an example of Neolithic structures; a Druid ceremonial ring in England.
Characteristics
How they lived
Tools
Achievements
Paleolithic Age
Hunter-Gatherers
Neolithic Age
Archaeologists
Cave
Agriculture
Homosapiens
Permanent
Paleolithic Age
Stonehenge
Africa
Radio-carbon
Domesticating
Advanced tools
Neolithic Age
WORD BANK:
Settled Communities
Simple tools
Stone and wood
Fire
Complex tools
Cave Art
Nomadic clans
Grew crops
Bred animals
Weaving skills
Fill in the Blank
What shaped how early human societies lived their lives? _____________________
On what continent did the first forms of man evolve? ___ _________________________
What form of early man emerged about 200,000 years ago? ______________
Homo sapiens migrated from Africa to where? __________________________________
How did early man (Paleolithic) gain his food? ____________________________
Early man was dependent on the availability of what? ____ _________
Early man was able to overcome his physical environment because he developed what?
Name 6 characteristics of hunter-gatherer societies.
What is another name for the Old Stone Age? __________________________________
A person who migrates in search of food, water and shelter is a _____________________
Name 5 characteristics of the New Stone Age (Neolithic Age):
What is another name for the New Stone Age? ____ ______________________
What effect did agriculture have on how early man lived?
_______________________________________________________________
What does carbon dating do? _______________________________________________
What is an artifact? _______________________________________________________
Who studies past cultures by locating & analyzing human remains, fossils, and artifacts?
____________________________________________________________
What archaeological site in England was built during the Neolithic period & Bronze Age? ___________________________________________
What archaeological site in Turkey was built during the Neolithic period?
What archaeological site in Israel was dated to c. 8000 BCE?
What archaeological site in Syria was built during the Neolithic period?
WORD BANK:
Paleolithic
Neolithic
Africa
Homo
Asia, Europe, and the
Americas
Hunting/gathering
Date artifacts & fossils
Archeologists
Stonehenge
Aleppo
Jericho
Catal Huyuk
Man-made object
People stopped being
nomadic
Nomad
Environment
Homo Sapiens
Wild plants/animala