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TERMS & NAMES
For each term or name below, briefly explain its connection to human prehistory. 1. artifact

2. culture

3. technology

4. hunter-gatherer

5. Neolithic Revolution

6. domestication

7. civilization

8. specialization

9. institution

10.Bronze Age

MAIN IDEAS
11. What kinds of evidence do archaeologists, anthropologists, and paleontologists study to find out how prehistoric people lived?

12. Why did the ability to walk upright and the development of the opposable thumb represent important breakthroughs for early hominids?

13. Why is the prehistoric period called the Stone Age?

14. What evidence supports archaeologists’ beliefs that Neanderthals developed a form of religion?

15. Why do some archaeologists believe that women were the first farmers?

16. What role did the food supply play in shaping the nomadic life of hunter-gatherers and the settled life of farmers?

17. In what areas of the world did agriculture first develop?

18. What economic changes resulted from food surpluses in agricultural villages?

19. Why did the growth of civilization make government necessary?

20. Why did a system of record keeping develop in civilizations?