Name:___________________

Teacher: _____ Topic: STONE AGES (P.25 )-CH -2

Class/Period:
Date:____/____/2013_______ SECTION 1-THE FIRST PEOPLE
PREHISTORY time before writing
Hominid ancestor of humans

1) Australopithecus *southern ape

*Africa 5 million years ago
*walked upright (on 2 legs)
*brain= one third of modern humans

2) Homo Habilis *handy man

*Africa-2.4 million years ago
*used stone tools (chop/scrape)
*brain=half of modern human

3) Homo Erectus *upright man

*Africa-2 million years ago
*tools=hand ax
*USED FIRE
*migrated from Africa to Asia/Europe

4) Homo Sapien *wise man

*Africa-200,000 years old
*migrated everywhere
*fire+tools
*DEVELOPED LANGUAGE

Paleolithic Era 1st part of STONE AGE 10,000 years ago

*People use stone tools

>Summary >
How did fire help protect Fire helped protect Homo Erectus by
Homo Erectus from wild
animals.
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Teacher: _____ Topic: STONE AGES (P.31 )-CH -2
Class/Period: __
Date:____/____/2013_______ SECTION 1-THE FIRST PEOPLE (cont)
Where have the oldest Tanzania, East Africa
stone tools been found?

society community of people who share a common culture

hunter gatherer people who hunt, gather plants, seeds, nuts to live

Early humans express themselves through language and art

>Summary >
You live in the stone age If I were alive in the stone age period, I would help
with a family of 10 others. my group by
How would you help your
group survive? What chores
would you do?
Name:___________________
Teacher: _____ Topic: STONE AGES (P.36 )-CH -2
Class/Period: __
Date:____/____/2013_______ SECTION 2-EARLY HUMAN MIGRATION
migrate =move
ice ages =long period of freezing weather
land bridge =strip of land connecting 2 continents (Russia-USA)
Stone Age people crossed from Asia to
North America by using this land bridge*

Mesolithic Era Middle Stone Age

new techniques and tools = life is better!
(hooks, fishing, spears, canoes, pottery!, dogs!)

Topic: STONE AGES (P.40 )-CH -2

SECTION 3-BEGINNINGS OF AGRICULTURE

Neolithic Era New Stone Age

shift from food gathering to food producing! WOW!

domestication =process of changing plants/animals to make

them more useful to humans
(train a dog, plant a garden) WOW!

agriculture =farming
people produce their own food vs. go find it
*This changes human society forever

Megaliths huge (mega) stones used as monuments

Neolithic Age gods>> air, water, fire, earth (the four elements)

>Summary >
Write the 3 eras from your
notes and one thing about
each era.

How are the 3 eras divided?*

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Teacher: _____ Topic: (P. )-CH
Class/Period: __
Date:____/____/_______

>Summary >