Unit 2: Prehistoric Life

an event that leads to big changes

• Prehistoric Era

• turning point

• Neolithic Revolution

• Enduring Issue

the period of time before written records.

• History

• Neolithic Revolution

• Prehistory

• Stone Age

A period of Earth’s history with large ice sheets and low temps

• Prehistory

• Neolithic Revolution

• Migration

• Ice Age

time period when tools were made from stone.

• Stone Age

• Ice Age

• Turning Point

• Civilization

The time period before humans farmed.

• Stone Age

• Agriculture

• Paleolithic Era

• Neolithic Revolution

live by hunting, and harvesting wild food.

• Domestication

• Hunter-Gatherers

• Farming

• Agriculture

no permanent settlement, travel to find food

• Nomads

• Agriculture

• Paleolithic Era

• Surplus

large scale movement over long distances.

• Migration

• Surplus

• Agriculture

• Civilization

The time period when humans began to farm.

• Surplus

• Neolithic Revolution

• Paleolithic Era

• Civilization

The science of farming plants and animals for food

• Hunter-Gatherers

• Nomads

• Migration

• Agriculture