Definitions Paleolithic Age Ice Ages Neolithic Age Geography

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This is fertile soil carried as sediment in river water that fertilized fields in the four river valley civilizations.

What is silt?

This is the period when people lived on Earth long before the development of writing.

What is prehistory?

These people excavate ancient settlements and study artifacts.

Who are archeologists?

This is what a human group acquires through living together, and is how people live.

What is culture?

These people study skeletal remains of early humans and help us know what early humans looked like.

Who are anthropologists?

This name was given to three million year old female skeletal remains found in Africa.

What is Lucy?

The oldest human remains have been found on this continent.

What is Africa?

The first continent that humans migrated to from Africa was this.

What is Asia?

This process is commonly used to determine the age of prehistoric artifacts and bones.

What is radiocarbon dating?

The diet of the first humans consisted of this.

What are vegetables, nuts, and berries?

Neanderthals became the first humans to harness this “burning” idea.

What is fire?

During this time period, this hunting device helped Cro-Magnon people outhunt Neanderthals.

What is the Antler Tipped Spear?

The lowering of sea levels resulted in a land bridge connecting these two continents.

What is Asia and North America?

These two continents lie directly east of the Atlantic Ocean.

What is Europe and Africa?

These people traveled from place to place in search of food.

What is Nomads or Paleolithic people ?

Building flood control and these were major responsibilities of the first governments.

What are irrigation ditches?

This was done to cattle, horses, sheep, and pigs during this time period.

What is domesticate them?

This skill pictured below was developed during the Neolithic Revolution.

What is farming or agriculture?

People during this time period began to build these in one location.

What are permanent villages or cities?

This Revolution began 10, 000 years when people domesticated animals and began to farm.

What is the Neolithic Revolution?

This continent lies at the South Pole.

What is Antarctica?

This ocean separates North and South America from Africa and Europe.

What is the Atlantic Ocean?

This ocean lies between Africa and Australia.

What is the Indian Ocean?

This is the largest continent in land area.

What is Asia?

This ocean is located north of Europe, Asia, and North America.

What is the Arctic Ocean?