Study Guide Exam 1-Western Civ
Exam 1 review sheet
History 1100
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS:
Prehistory- first civilized people started migrating out of Africa, into the Near East, Europe and Asia. The migration set the period known as the Stone Age. The Stone Age is where people drastically made a change. They started using tools made out of stone, agriculture and domesticated animals.
Paleolithic Age (old stone)- 200,000 b.c.-10,000 b.c.
Neolithic Age (new stone) – 10,000 b.c.-4,000 b.c.
PALEOLITHIC AGE:
Hunter-gatherers- people roamed the lands, hunted wild animals and ate edible plants. The men usually hunted bigger animals and used spears, rocks and strategy. They slept in caves or dwellings made from branches and animal skin. Their clothing was from animal skin.
Innovations: they learned to build even sharper spears and better tools for digging out roots. Fire also helped them survive harsh winters and cook food.
They developed long rage trade and religious belief which was a big leap in human evolution. They also painted in caves, usually of big animals to show that they were important in the lives of hunter-gatherers. Statuettes of venus figurine showed they believed in rituals of fertility and birth. Also they buried the dead with rituals and jewelry. This says hierarchy was there.
Hierarchy- ranking system identifying people having more status and authority than others.
NEOLITHIC AGE:
Started using agriculture to produce their own food by growing crops and domesticating animals.
AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION-started in the Fertile Crescent, whose hilly region had the right combo of water, soil, climate, weather and mammals to capture for domestication. Also in Africa after the ice age, the lands became grasslands where people settled and domesticated cattle. In the Fertile Crescent people gathered more and more food from wild grain. The constant supply of food promoted fertility which leads to population growth. They also learned that the seeds of crops would
History 1100
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS:
Prehistory- first civilized people started migrating out of Africa, into the Near East, Europe and Asia. The migration set the period known as the Stone Age. The Stone Age is where people drastically made a change. They started using tools made out of stone, agriculture and domesticated animals.
Paleolithic Age (old stone)- 200,000 b.c.-10,000 b.c.
Neolithic Age (new stone) – 10,000 b.c.-4,000 b.c.
PALEOLITHIC AGE:
Hunter-gatherers- people roamed the lands, hunted wild animals and ate edible plants. The men usually hunted bigger animals and used spears, rocks and strategy. They slept in caves or dwellings made from branches and animal skin. Their clothing was from animal skin.
Innovations: they learned to build even sharper spears and better tools for digging out roots. Fire also helped them survive harsh winters and cook food.
They developed long rage trade and religious belief which was a big leap in human evolution. They also painted in caves, usually of big animals to show that they were important in the lives of hunter-gatherers. Statuettes of venus figurine showed they believed in rituals of fertility and birth. Also they buried the dead with rituals and jewelry. This says hierarchy was there.
Hierarchy- ranking system identifying people having more status and authority than others.
NEOLITHIC AGE:
Started using agriculture to produce their own food by growing crops and domesticating animals.
AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION-started in the Fertile Crescent, whose hilly region had the right combo of water, soil, climate, weather and mammals to capture for domestication. Also in Africa after the ice age, the lands became grasslands where people settled and domesticated cattle. In the Fertile Crescent people gathered more and more food from wild grain. The constant supply of food promoted fertility which leads to population growth. They also learned that the seeds of crops would