Unit 1 Archeology and Prehistory

Name______Mrs. Sheehan

Unit 1 Archeology and Prehistory Unit Essential Question: ______Chapter 1 Section 4: Legends (p. 24) Lesson Essential Question – ______A. Define archeologist: ______B. Define anthropologist: ______Chapter 1 Section 5: Archeology (p. 25-28, 30) C. Define archeology: ______D. When did the study of archeology begin? ______E. Define artifacts: ______

1 F. What did scientists find they could learn from artifacts? ______Archeological Finds (p. 26-27) G. What did archeologists learn from Herculaneum and Pompeii? ______H. What great archeological discovery was made in Egypt? Why was it important to the study of history? ______Dating Archeological Remains (p 27-30) I. What does excavate mean? ______J. What do archeologists do after they discover remains? ______K. What were the three time periods, or ages that Christian J. Thomsen created? 1. ______2. ______3. ______L. What were the ages based on? ______

2 M. What were the two time periods based on how people obtained their food? 1. ______2. ______N. How does Carbon 14 dating work? 1. All things contain a ______called ______. 2. After plants, animals, and people ______, the carbon 14 slowly ______. 3. By ______how much carbon 14 an object ______, scientist can figure how ______the object is. Chapter 2: Prehistoric Peoples (p. 33-46) Chapter Focus Why It’s Important (p. 33) O. What is prehistory? When did prehistory end? ______P. What does the word civilization mean? ______Section 2: The Neolithic Age (p. 41-46) Lesson Essential Question – ______Q. Define the following terms:

3 1. Economics: ______2. Population: ______3. Domestication: ______4. Revolution: ______5. Neolithic Revolution: ______R. How did people change in the Neolithic Age? ______Farmers and Herders (p. 41-42) S. What were two important discoveries brought on the Neolithic Revolution? 1. ______2. ______T. What did early people begin using animals such as donkeys, camels, and llamas for? ______

4 U. What were the results of the Neolithic Revolution? 1. ______2. ______3. ______Lesson Essential Question: ______Specialization (p. 45) V. Define specialization: ______W. Why did specialization develop? ______X. What were some examples of specialization? 1. ______2. ______3. ______Y. What were some of other developments that helped specialization? 1. ______

5 2. ______3. ______Lesson Essential Question: ______Early Villages (p. 42-43) Z. What was another result of people beginning to produce food? ______AA. What were some of the earliest known villages? 1. ______2. ______3. ______BB. What have archeologists discovered about Catal Hüyük? 1. ______2. ______3. ______

6 4. ______5. ______Government (p. 45) CC. How was government different during Neolithic times? ______DD. How did Neolithic villages keep order? ______Religion (p. 45-46) EE. What do experts believe that most chiefs did? ______FF. What did priests do? ______GG. How did religion change over time? 1. At first, ______2. After a time, ______

7 ______3. The most important goddess was ______, the goddess of fertility. 4. Archaeologists believe ______5. ______