1. Prehistory
Chapter 1

2. Modern human or a member of an earlier group-ancestors of modern humans
Hominid

3. A period of time known by its tools and weapons made of stone
Stone Age

4. Person who has no settled home
nomad

5. To adapt wild plants or tame wild animals.
Domesticate

6. Stone Age Culture About two and a half million years ago in Africa
Tools were made of:
Stone
Wood
Animal bones

7. Stone Age division
Archaeologists divide the Stone Age into three periods:
The Old Stone Age
The Middle Stone Age
The New Stone Age

8. Old Stone Age Hominids did not know how to farm
They were hunter-gatherers
They were plant-gatherers
They learnt how to keep fire going
They learnt how to create fire

9. Settling New Areas in the Stone Age
Hominids developed the use of tools and left Africa
Hominids became nomads
They moved from place to place where there was food
As soon as food was finished they moved to another place

10. The New Stone Age People began to grow their food
People became pastoral nomads
They moved from place to place in search for grazing areas for their animals
Desert-roaming Bedouins (present day Iraq, Syria)

11. Farming Around the World
People discovered that
Good soil
Water
Sun
Are important sources for growing plants

12. Raising Animals
Dogs
Valuable for hunting

13. Questions When did the Stone Age began? How many Stone Ages exist?
What hominids could do during the Old Stone Age?
Tell us the story about a fire.
How hominids became nomads?
People discovered something important about plants to grow and seasons, what was that?
Was a corn the same size as we have it now? Why?
Why did our ancestors domesticate animals?