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Can You Dig It?

Innovation Nation

Ice, IceBaby

Paleolithic isTerrific

They Say YouWant a

Revolution

Scientists who unearth and study artifacts

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Archaeologists

One of the techniques used for finding out how

old an artifact is

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Radiocarbon Dating

Can be used to date organic matter up to 60,000 years

old!

Mary and Louis Leakey found evidence of humans

who lived during the Paleolithic period at this

location

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Olduvai Gorge

And they also had a son named Richard!

One of the top ten archaeological discoveries

was in Russia in 2007. What was it?

Hint: Welephant

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A Baby Wooly Mammoth

Dr. Donald C. Johanson made this archaeological

discovery in Hadar, Ethiopia. What did he

name it, and why?

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Lucy

He named her Lucy after The Beatles’ song, “Lucy in the

Sky With Diamonds”

Innovations of Neolithic Farmers include…

*There are at least 3, name 1

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The Plow, Training Oxen, Fertilization of Fields

Homo erectus was responsible for the

innovation of the making of this innovation

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Clothing

(Be sure to check out their new Fall line-up in the Sears Catalogue)

The exchange of goods and ideas when cultures come in contact is known

as this

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Cultural Diffusion

(basically, when you meet knew people, you learn new

things)

The invention of irrigation systems by farmers

promoted this

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Food Surplus

In fact, the economy of any civilization depends on its farmers growing food surpluses. This

allows for people to branch out into other means of making a living (carpenters, doctors,

teachers, the guy who drives the ball picker-upper at the driving range etc…)

The invention of writing probably originated with

priests who used “pictograms” to do this

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Make records of many kinds

They kept track of livestock, cloth, wheat, religious offerings, the King’s battle victories, legal codes,

medical texts, landowners, merchants and observations of the stars (just to name a few)

How did early humans respond to the

environmental changes of the Ice Age?

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Moved to warmer places, keeping warm, clothing

As large glaciers formed, what happened to sea

levels?

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Sea levels dropped as the glaciers used up more and

more water(To make an ice cube, you

have to use some water…and these were some biiiig ice

cubes)

As sea levels began to drop, what began to

emerge?

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Land Bridges

It is believed that this is how different areas of the world were discovered/ populated.

If there were to be another Ice Age, how

would our civilization fair out?

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It would be a natural disaster. The food supply would dry up, oceans would freeze over (killing all the

fish), power outages.

Basically, it would be a state of emergency and we’d be in serious

trouble.

If the forming of glaciers lowered sea levels, can you explain the problem that exists today with the melting of the polar ice

caps?

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The melting of the polar ice caps is raising sea levels. If sea

levels continue to rise, many parts of the world could be

underwater in a matter of time.

These Paleolithic hunter-gatherers lived during the first

quarter of the Paleolithic period. It is believed they lived in trees and had limited powers

of speech.

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Homo habilis

Also known as “person with ability”

Homo erectus, or “person who walks upright” are believed to

have been Nomadic. What does this mean? Also, what Homo

group does Homo erectus come after?

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To use up the food supply in one place and then move on to

another.

Homo erectus came after Homo habilis.

We belong to this group of Homo

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Homo sapiens

Some people are split on whether or not it ends with us, or will we evolve into another classification of

homo.

The Stone Age is divided into three periods: the first being the

Paleolithic or “Old Stone”. What are the other two periods?

Hint* the second means “middle stone” and the third means

“new stone.”

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2. Mesolithic “Middle Stone”

3. Neolithic “New Stone”

The Cro-Magnons, who completely replaced the

Neanderthals, made many advances in tool making and

weaponry. Artists of this group also created these…

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Some believe these paintings were for educational

purposes. Others believe they are reaching out to the

spiritual world.

Cave Paintings

The Neolithic Revolution is so named because of

what?

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Agriculture brought dramatic changes to

civilization.Irrigation systems = food

surplus = expanding economy

Neolithic farmers had three particular

innovations. Name at least 2 of them – I will

give you 3 guesses.

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1. The Plow2. Training Oxen

3. Fertilization of Fields

Explain the “domestication of

animals” and give at least 3 examples.

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Controlling the use of animals for the benefit of civiliation. (keeping them contained/ tied up/ fenced

in)

Goats for meatDogs for hunting

Cattle, pigs, and sheep for meat, milk and clothing

The Bronze Age was so-named because bronze was very widely used.

What made bronze such an important alloy?

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It was easily cast and took a sharp cutting edge.See page 28 for description

of the Bronze Age

As land ownership and property lines became

established, this probably came into being as

villages competed for land and water.

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Warfare(if you have more stuff than

me, I want to attack you…and take your stuff)