Prehistory notes
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This GoConqr page gathers over 30 community-made Prehistory notes, from Stone Age Ireland to the Agricultural Revolution. School students can practise key terms and periods, while teachers can find material for lessons; most resources are at secondary level, with a few for primary pupils. Browse the notes and choose a topic to revisit.
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Chapter 1 Outline: Before History For thousands of years, humans lived in tiny communities without a permanent home. Most societies consisted of a few dozen people. They traveled in pursuit of game and edible plants. Humans were set apart from other a...
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PREHISTORY NOTES Overview Scholars define prehistory as events that occurred before the existence of written records in a given culture or society. History refers to the time period after the invention of written record...
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Notes - Early Man Did early man live at the same time as dinosaurs? No. Dinosaurs died about 65 million years ago. First human like primates called hominids appeared only 3.6 million years ago. Dinosaurs were dead long before this. Wha...
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JCH3 Notes Video Link: The Celts https://youtu.be/28soKCP03yE THE REMAINS OF NEOLITHIC IRELAND Neolithic means “New Stone Age”. The first settlers arrived from Scotland about 6.000 B.C. They were Hunter-Gatherers and u...
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STONEHENGE For centuries, historians and archaeologists have puzzled over the many mysteries of Stonehenge, the prehistoric monument that took Neolithic builders an estimated 1,500 years to erect. Located in southern England, it...
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Western Civ Essay Questions Question 1: 1. Explain how “culture” is a defining trait of human beings and how it contributes to our multi-characteristic definition of civilization.Culture-The ways of living built up by a group and passed on from ...
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Prehistory PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD 4.4 million years ago to 10000 BCE. Predators, fishing, hunting and collecting fruit. Nomads, travel looking for food.
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How We Do History Three Age System Archaeology and Physical AnthropologyStone Age: 2.5 mya - 4,000 BCEBronze Age: 4,000 BCE - 1300 BCEIron Age: 1300 BCE - 400 CEWhat is common in evidence for each?What assumption is about it?Probl...
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SOCIAL STUDIES Mrs.Beveridge Study Guide:Pre history Test is taken on 11/14/17 About 5,000 years ago , history began when... ...
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Key Ideas Paleolithic/Neolithic Study Guide Vocabulary: Prehistory – the time before recorded written events of people Archaeologist – a scientist who examines bones, tools, structures, and other objects to learn about peoples ...
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Stone Age Ireland The Stone Age began over 2.5 million years ago and ended in 2000BC. The first evidence of human settlers in Ireland dates to around 7000BC. Palaeolithic period (old stone age)- 2,500,500 BC- 8000 BCMesolithic period (...
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The Agricultural Revolution THE AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION OVERVIEW In 15,000 years, we went from hunter gather communities to larger agrarian societies to modern society as we know it, with all of its seemingly amazing inventions like airplanes an...
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Prehistory - created from Mind Map Definition- time before writing such as before 8000 B.C Characteristics End Of Prehistory
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Upper Paleolithic Important Tools Atlatl21000 yaBow and Arrow 30,000 yaComplex tools - tools w/ diff. parts diff. materialsbone, ivory, wood, stoneSpecial Purposes Tools Burin- etch Blades food, grain, peel and stab animals w...
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Neolithic - creado desde un Mapa Mental What is the neolithic? Food production and sedentary life New tasks and new tools
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Prehistory / beginnings before 1066 PREHISTORY / BEGINNINGS BEFORE 1066 - stone circles - dolmens - barrows - burial chambers - hill forts - dykes hill / chalk figures - The oldest surviving designed structures in Britain are the stone chambered tombs t...
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Mesolithic - created from Mind Map hunting, fishing food gatheringLater on domesticating animals Holocene-favourable climate change humid, warm, rain expansion in flora fauna human beings move to new areas, cos avail of new areas with resources
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AP World History Study Pages
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The Palaeolithic life style - creado desde un Mapa Mental Communication Cognition Content
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Mesolithic Period Mesolithic Ireland The Mesolithic Period .12,00 years ago Ireland was covered in snow and ice The first people that came to Ireland came by dugout canoe or skin covered boats from Britan. Mes...
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Prehistory - created from Mind Map Paleolithic Metal ages Neolithic
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Untitled Who were the Early Humans Development of Humans-Hominids (4 Million y.a) Human like Origins were in Africa Olduvai George- 1959 discovers by the Louis and Mary Leakey Austalopithecus 1974
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FARMING SETTLEMENTS - creado desde un Mapa Mental Around 10000 years ago, the Neolithic Age began with the discovery of farming. FOOD PRODUCTION AND SEDENTARY LIFE People in the Neolithic Age learnt from nature that new plants grew from buried seeds. This was the ori...
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Prehistoric britain - created from Mind Map Ice age Iron age Bronze age
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Paleolithic Period cont. Social Organization Bands Occasional Exchanges between bands IncestEquality among members Resources Hunter - Gatherer: Food, etc. Leaders get more resources 2. Decision MakingConsensus No chiefs or...
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Visitor Guide_1 - created from Mind Map Where? Lodge wood Camp, Caerleon One of aprox 26 hill forts within Gwent Shares hill with modern housing estate, covered in dense woodland. Overlooks the Usk valley and parts of the Severn Estuary. Who? The Silures Tr...
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PREHISTORY - creado desde un Mapa Mental paleolithic neolitic age of metals
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Neolithic Bullet Points New people came in dugout canoes and skin-covered boats Houses were wattle and daub They were farmers They tilled land with mattocks and used stone tools Court Cairns Entrance, semi circular court leading to pass...
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Visitor Guide - created from Mind Map Where? Lodge wood Camp, Caerleon One of aprox 26 hill forts within Gwent Shares hill with modern housing estate, covered in dense woodland. Overlooks the Usk valley and parts of the Severn Estuary. Who? Silures Tribal...
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Notes Hands: the opposable thumb Opposable= opposite to; thumbs are opposite te other 4 fingers on the hand allows humans to grasp on to things Feet= nipedalism Bini: two Ped: feet &n...
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Ancient Ireland - created from Mind Map Palaeolithic - first period of stone age Mesolithic - the middle period of stone age Neolithic - most recent period of stone age
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PERIODS IN PREHISTORY - creado desde un Mapa Mental PALEOLITHIC NEOLITHIC METAL AGES
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PERIODS IN PREHISTORY - creado desde un Mapa Mental NEOLITHIC ( 8000 B.C - 5000 B.C PALEOLITHIC ( 2,5 MILION YEARS - 8000 B.C) METAL AGES ( 5000 B.C - 3500 B.C
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Untitled Chapter 1 -Line of human evolution in chronological order:Apess, Australopithecus, homo erectus, homo sapiens-Paleolithic era = old stone agehumans began meeting dietary needs through hunting-Neanderthal people buried...
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PERIODS OF PREHISTORY - created from Mind Map METAL AGE PALAEOLITHIC NEOLITHIC
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Neolithic era Neolithic Era 10,000-600 B.C Brains expanded due to cooked food People built tools such as spearheads to kill animals for food Boats were first created and more tools were made People explored and migrated out of Afri...
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Mesolithic Period The MesolithixPeriod it is believed that the first people that came to Ireland came during the Mesolithic Period. They came on dugout canoe or maybe even skin covered boats from Britan. Most...
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PREHISTORY - creado desde un Mapa Mental Metal ages Neolithic Paleolithic
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pre-history - created from Mind Map pom pom pom pom tralalalala periods in pre-history paleolithic
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First Farmers Homo Habilis made the first tool
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About prehistory notes
GoConqr OriginalWhat these prehistory notes cover
The notes offer several ways into the unit. Key Ideas introduces vocabulary for a Palaeolithic and Neolithic study guide. How We Do History covers the division of prehistory into periods, as well as archaeology and physical anthropology. For a regional topic, Stone Age Ireland looks at early settlers.
Other notes focus on particular changes or periods. Upper Paleolithic describes tools, while The Agricultural Revolution looks at the move from hunter-gatherer communities towards agricultural societies.
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Start with Key Ideas if you want to check the vocabulary, then choose a note on a period or topic you are studying. After reading, close the note and write down the points you remember. Reopen it to check what you missed.
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Which note is a useful starting point?
Key Ideas is a useful starting point if you want to review vocabulary for the Palaeolithic and Neolithic. How We Do History is another option if you want to look at how prehistory is divided into periods and how archaeology is used to study it.
What topics do the notes cover?
The notes cover periods, places and changes within prehistory. Stone Age Ireland looks at early settlers, Upper Paleolithic describes tools, and The Agricultural Revolution discusses the move towards agricultural societies. There are also notes on the Mesolithic and Neolithic periods.
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