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Stone Ages
Prehistory Study Guide
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Social Studies
6th Grade
09/27/2014

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What are the three Stone Ages?
Definition

Old Stone Age

Middle Stone Age

New Stone Age

Term
What is the Stone Age?
Definition
when humans learned to make stone tools
Term
Discoveries and Changes during the Three Stone Ages include:
Definition
fire, simple stone tools, fur skin clothing, cave paintings, *hunted for food*, domesitated dogs, first pottery, canoe-like boats, sharper spear heads, plant seeds, first wheel, and beginning of villages
Term
The first tools were made of ____________
Definition
stone
Term
Old Stone Age people were _______________.
Definition
hunters and gathers
Term
People who moved in search of food who have no permanent home are called _______________.
Definition
nomads
Term
The period of time before people invented writing is called ___________________.
Definition
prehistory
Term
Any object made by humans is called an _______________.
Definition
artifact
Term
Hardened plant or animal remanis are called ________________.
Definition
fossils
Term
A scientist who finds and studies the remains of prehistoric people, sets up sites, and studies fossils, bone fragmments, and artifacts is an ________________.
Definition
archeologist
Term
A scientist who studies societies to learn about their origins and development of societies, explores customs, characteristics of groups and artifacts is called an ___________________________
Definition
anthropologist
Term
___________ allowed people to cook, have light, scare animals, and keep warm.
Definition
fire
Term
What are the early man changes in farming?
Definition
planting seeds, animal plows, and herds of animals
Term
How are cave paintings used?
Definition
a way of communicating, telling stories, as maps, and drawings of animals and people (hands, stick people)
Term
_____________________ are specialized workers that perfomed specific jobs according to their skills.
Definition
Specializaion of Labor
Term
_____________ is the way of life that people live in a society.
Definition
culture
Term
________________ is any group of people who live together and share one common goal
Definition
society
Term
What is the Bronze Age?
Definition
time when bronze tools improved agriculture and warfare
Term
Bronze age was made from _______________.
Definition

copper and tin

(combined accidently - metal workers learned how to get it from rocks - Smelting)

Term
The Bronze Age improved ______________.
Definition

weapons and tools


(bronze was used by wealthy people =expensive, used first for weapons, tools helped farmers)

Term
The Bronze Age added to _______________.
Definition

human progress



(metal making became an industry, lead to Specialized workers and villages becoming cities, and trade and exploration grew)

Term
A group of humans known as ____________ appeared 200,000 years ago.
Definition
neanderthals
Term
Neanderthals were more _____________ than hominids.  They created better tools, clothes, and shelters.
Definition
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