1. Early People/Early Civilizations

2. Section 1 - vocabulary
1) history – the time period after recorded events
2) prehistory – the time period before recorded events
3) archaeologist – scientist who studies artifacts to learn about the past
4) artifact – objects made long ago – can tell about the people who live there
5) Old Stone age – earliest known period of human culture 2 million yrs ago
6) nomad – a person who travels from place to place in search of their basic needs
7) culture – the way of life belonging to a group of people

3. OLD STONE AGE PEOPLE WERE NOMADS PEOPLE WERE HUNTERS AND GATHERERS
1ST TOOLS WERE MADE FROM FLINT
CAVE PAINTINGS WERE USED FOR COMMUNICATION
EARLIEST CAVE PAINTING WAS FOUND IN 32,000 YRS AGO

4. EARLY PREHISTORIC SITE – OLDUVAI GORGE
LOCATED IN MODERN DAY TANZANIA, AFRICA
DRS. MARY & LOUIS LEAKY – FOUND A SKULL IN 1959 – NAMED HIM ZINJANTHROPUS MAN
SCAVENGER – WAS 1,750,000 YRS. OLD
COMPETED FOR SURVIVAL WITH HOMOHABILUS WHO ALSO LIVED AT THIS TIME – DIED OUT AND BECAME EXTINCT

5. HOMOHABILUS @ 2 million yrs old
Scavenger but more brain capacity – could make simple tools
Because of their smarts, they were able to survive over time – eventually became the masters of the land
Leaky believes he is our direct descendent

6. Neanderthal man 110,000 -37,000 yrs. ago
Lived in asia, africa, & europe
Nomads – lived in family groups
Learned to use fire & live in a hostile environment
Believed in a future life

7. Cro-magnon man 35,000 – 10,000 yrs. ago
Beautiful cave paintings
Believed in mystic powers
More sophisticated tools

8. Leaky believed Africa was the “cradle of man” because it had a favorable climate and stayed warm during the Ice Age.

10. SECTION 2 - VOCABULARY
1)fertile – soil that’s rich in growing substances
2) domesticate – to tame animals for human use
3) cultivate – to prepare the land to raise crops
4) specialize – to be trained & become an expert in a specific type of work
5) artisan - craftsworker

11. Section 2 –Vocabulary con’t
6) technology – the use of skills & tools to serve human needs & make life easier
7) irrigation – the watering of dry lands
8) surplus – an extra supply of something
9) social class – groups of people with similar backgrounds & ways of living
10) civilization – a society with a central government, specialized jobs, and a social class system

12. THE NEW STONE AGE – MARKED BY THE BIRTH OF FARMING

13. New stone age Domestication Cultivation surplus of food - more time!!!
people settled
Increase in population
More time!!!-People specialized –artisans
Technology – made people’s lives easier
Towns developed into civilizations

14. Early civilizations
Governments formed to keep order in society & manage public services
Bronze Age – by 3,000 BC – bronze was commonly being used to make tools (from melting rocks)
A. more durable – longer lasting
III. Trade – different areas specialized in different goods
A. 3500BC – development of the wheel & axel – goods could travel farther
B. ****ideas were also spreading!!!!
III. Trade led to wealth – which then led to the development of social classes – separation between the people within a civilization