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  • What change led to the beginning of human revolution?
    A warming of the earth that caused large areas of forest to disappear.
  • Why did the growth of the brain make humans the most advanced species on earth?
    It allowed them to increase their intelligence and their ability to collaborate and communicate in a group
  • Why did Paleolithic people create paintings?
    As part of a magic ritual or to represent people (related to fertility)
  • What happened about seven million years ago?
    The beginning of the human revolution.
  • Why did chiefs or kings appear?
    Because they needed to defend their settlements.
  • Why did Neolithic people become sedentary?
    So that they could look after their crops and animals.
  • What new techniques did neolithic people discover?
    Pottery, stone polishing, spinning, and weaving.
  • What are the oldest pieces of evidence of settlement in the Iberian peninsula?
    The remains found in Atapuerca.
  • What was the first metal people used?
    Gold
  • What is polytheism?
    A religion that believes in many gods?
  • What was pottery used for?
    Storing food, cooking food, and transporting food
  • What physical changes were important to human evolution?
    Bipedalism and increased cranial capacity.
  • What were Ziggurats built for?
    Ceremonial sanctuaries
  • What species did the first settlers on the Iberian peninsula belong to?
    Homo antecessor
  • True or False: In hunter-gather societies, women had to do the same activities as men.
    TRUE!
  • Why is metal better than stone for making tools and weapons?
    You can make it into different shapes without breaking it.
  • Why did they build false chambers in pyramids?
    To avoid looting and theft.
  • What tools did people make from stone?
    Hand axe, scrapper, hammer
  • Who was the first Egyptian Pharaoh?
    Narmer
  • True or False: Being sedentary, Neolithic men and women had more time to domesticate animals.
    TRUE!
  • What is stratigraphy?
    The study of different layers of material remains.
  • What is prehistory?
    The time before writing existed.
  • What were the great innovations of the Neolithic age?
    Livestock farming and cultivating the land
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