Q3 L2: Cultural and Sociopolitical Evolution

• determine whether the statement is of paleolithic (old stone age), neolithic (new stone age) or bronze age:

  this era includes hunter gatherer societies, lived in clans, and were nomadic; migrating in search of food, water, and shelter.


  paleolithic (old stone age)
• determine whether the statement is of paleolithic (old stone age), neolithic (new stone age) or bronze age:

  they invented the first tools and weapons

  paleolithic (old stone age)
• determine whether the statement is of paleolithic (old stone age), neolithic (new stone age) or bronze age:

  they learned how to make and use fire


  paleolithic (old stone age)
• determine whether the statement is of paleolithic (old stone age), neolithic (new stone age) or bronze age:

  they developed oral language and created "cave art"


  paleolithic (old stone age)
• determine whether the statement is of paleolithic (old stone age), neolithic (new stone age) or bronze age:

  they developed agriculture and domesticated animals

  neolithic (new stone age)
• determine whether the statement is of paleolithic (old stone age), neolithic (new stone age) or bronze age:

  they used advance tools and developed weaving skills


  neolithic (new stone age)
• determine whether the statement is of paleolithic (old stone age), neolithic (new stone age) or bronze age:

  they made pottery and used this as a means to storing and transporting food, water, and other goods. it also became a prime medium of their art


  neolithic (new stone age)
• determine whether the statement is of paleolithic (old stone age), neolithic (new stone age) or bronze age:

  the prime medium of their art were wood carvings and stone monuments like the stonehenge


  paleolithic (old stone age)
• 8000 BC, Northern Iraq: they learned how to cultivate grains like wheat and barley
• how many years was agriculture common in the early years like in mesopotamia, parts in asia, america, europe, and africa?

  3000 years
• within 8000 bc, what was the estimated world population because of agriculture supporting higher density population?


  5,000,000
• determine whether the statement is of paleolithic (old stone age), neolithic (new stone age) or bronze age:

  this may have been used as early as 4500 bc and was the most useful metal known during the 2nd and 3rd millenia bc


  bronze age
• bronze replaced (primarily cold hammered) copper and stone as the metal choice for tools or weapons as this was much more long lasting
• this metal is made of a combination of tin and copper


  bronze
• this metal saw the birth of the sumerians in mesopotamia, egyptians, minoans of crete, hittites of asia minor, and mycenean civilizationsof greece


  bronze
• determine whether the statement is of paleolithic (old stone age), neolithic (new stone age) or bronze age:

  this is the period where humanity left pre history and entered the formation of modern society


  bronze age