Post on 02-Jan-2016
PREHISTORYPREHISTORY
Definition: Human Definition: Human societies before written societies before written recordsrecords
99% of human history99% of human history
Primitive, simple societiesPrimitive, simple societies
CIVILIZATIONCIVILIZATION
Definition: Society Definition: Society with farming, trade, with farming, trade, government, art and government, art and sciencescience
NOT PREHISTORICNOT PREHISTORIC
More advanced, more More advanced, more complicatedcomplicated
HOME TERRITORYHOME TERRITORY
Definition: area Definition: area where hunters and where hunters and gatherers livedgatherers lived
Located near food, Located near food, water and shelter water and shelter sourcessources
DOMESTICATIONDOMESTICATION
Definition: human Definition: human control over plant and control over plant and animal lifeanimal life
Allows humans food Allows humans food surplussurplus
More work gets doneMore work gets done
MIGRATIONMIGRATION
Definition: the Definition: the movement of humans movement of humans from one settlement from one settlement location to anotherlocation to another
Early societies moved Early societies moved with animals or with animals or weatherweather
SPECIALIZATIONSPECIALIZATION
Definition: assigning Definition: assigning specific jobs to certain specific jobs to certain people within a culturepeople within a culture
Hunter/gatherers – men Hunter/gatherers – men hunt, women collect plant hunt, women collect plant food and care for childrenfood and care for children
HOMINIDHOMINID
Definition: a Definition: a mammal that walks mammal that walks on two legson two legs
Includes apes, and Includes apes, and humanshumans
NEANDERTHALNEANDERTHAL
Definition: First humans Definition: First humans on earthon earth
Good huntersGood hunters
Built shelters with Built shelters with mammoth bones and skinsmammoth bones and skins
First people to bury deadFirst people to bury dead
CRO-MAGNONCRO-MAGNON Definition: First modern Definition: First modern
human beingshuman beings
Skilled toolmakersSkilled toolmakers
Increased food supplyIncreased food supply
Invented the axeInvented the axe
Cave paintingsCave paintings
PALEOLITHICPALEOLITHIC
Definition: a period of Definition: a period of human history from human history from 2.3 million years ago 2.3 million years ago until 10,000 years agountil 10,000 years ago
Hunting and gathering Hunting and gathering societiessocieties
Primitive culturesPrimitive cultures
NEOLITHICNEOLITHIC Definition: a period of Definition: a period of
human history between human history between 9500 BC and 3000 BC9500 BC and 3000 BC
Humans changed from Humans changed from food collectors to food food collectors to food producersproducers
More complex societies, More complex societies, villages, religionvillages, religion