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scientist who studies objects from the past to learn about human life
Archaeologist
groups of people who move from place to place
nomad
Allowed people to focus on tasks like making tools or cloths to become efficient or skills
specialization
system of ditches and pipes that move water to dry land
irrigation
relating to earliest period of the Stone Age
Paleolithic
complex society
civilization
How do archaeologists learn about prehistoric people?
Studying artifacts, cave paintings, & fossils and bones.
Important technological developments in the Paleolithic Age?
Controlling fire and development of spoken language
How did humans adapt to the harshness of the Ice Age?
Built sturdier shelters and added fat to their diets
What did the Neolithic communities of Jericho & Catalhuyuk have in common?
Both had a few thousand people
Put these in order starting with the one that happened first: Neolithic Era, Bronze Age, Paleolithic Era
Paleolithic, Neolithic, Bronze Age
Forms of art during the Bronze Age
Poetry and large monuments
Paleolithic cave paintings show what?
animals, hunting and handprints
Governments developed in early human societies to do what?
Maintain law & order, protect people & resources, manage food supplies and resources
Evidence at Neolithic sites shows what?
People were buried with their valuables and sacrifices were a part of some Neolithic religious rituals
How was statues determined in the 1st civilizations?
Wealth and the job you had
