STS Flashcards
a system of classifying ancient ages into groups based on tool developmental stages
a. three-age system
b. scientific revolution
c. industrial revolution
d. information age
a. three-age system
period of great scientific intellectual achievements that contributed to essential changes in scientific investigations
a. three-age system
b. scientific revolution
c. industrial revolution
d. information age
b. scientific revolution
period of complex technological inventions that eventually replaced human and animal forces
a. three-age system
b. scientific revolution
c. industrial revolution
d. information age
c. industrial revolution
or digital age; the period characterized by the change from traditional industry to an economy that is founded on computerization of information
a. three-age system
b. scientific revolution
c. industrial revolution
d. information age
d. information age
the three-age system was introduced in the early 19th century by?
a. John Luhbock
b. Christian Jurgensen
Thompsen
c. Nicholas Copernicus
d. John Allen Brown
b. Christian Jurgensen Thompsen
these are the proposed prehistorical periods:
stone age
bronze age
iron age
Period of weapons made of stone, wood,
bone or other materials aside metals
a. stone age
b. bronze age
c. iron age
a. stone age
he subdivided into Palaeolithic (Old Stone) and Neolithic (New Stone) periods
a. John Luhbock
b. Christian Jurgensen
Thompsen
c. Nicholas Copernicus
d. John Allen Brown
a. John Luhbock
in 1982, Mesolithic (Middle Stone) period was
introduced by
a. John Luhbock
b. Christian Jurgensen
Thompsen
c. Nicholas Copernicus
d. John Allen Brown
d. John Allen Brown
it is the longest phase of human history that began 2 mya, and ended between 40,000 to 10,000 ya
a. Palaeolithic (Old Stone) Period
b. Mesolithic (Middle Stone) Period
c. Neolithic (New Stone) Period
a. Palaeolithic (Old Stone) Period
it is when humans evolve from an apelike creature to true Homo sapiens
a. Palaeolithic (Old Stone) Period
b. Mesolithic (Middle Stone) Period
c. Neolithic (New Stone) Period
a. Palaeolithic (Old Stone) Period
Nomadic hunter-gatherers
a. Palaeolithic (Old Stone) Period
b. Mesolithic (Middle Stone) Period
c. Neolithic (New Stone) Period
a. Palaeolithic (Old Stone) Period
Age of human evolution
a. Lower Palaeolithic Period
b. Middle Palaeolithic Period
c. Upper Palaeolithic Period
a. Lower Palaeolithic Period
Development of simple tools
a. Lower Palaeolithic Period
b. Middle Palaeolithic Period
c. Upper Palaeolithic Period
a. Lower Palaeolithic Period
Australopithecus (early human species)
a. Lower Palaeolithic Period
b. Middle Palaeolithic Period
c. Upper Palaeolithic Period
a. Lower Palaeolithic Period
Old stone tools made by Homo erectus
a. Lower Palaeolithic Period
b. Middle Palaeolithic Period
c. Upper Palaeolithic Period
a. Lower Palaeolithic Period
Cultural development of Neanderthal Man
a. Lower Palaeolithic Period
b. Middle Palaeolithic Period
c. Upper Palaeolithic Period
b. Middle Palaeolithic Period
Caveman, used fire, stone tools of flake
types for hunting, and bone implements
such as needles
a. Lower Palaeolithic Period
b. Middle Palaeolithic Period
c. Upper Palaeolithic Period
b. Middle Palaeolithic Period
Evidence of painting of the dead (religious
practice)
a. Lower Palaeolithic Period
b. Middle Palaeolithic Period
c. Upper Palaeolithic Period
b. Middle Palaeolithic Period
Variety culture of homo sapiens groups (e.g.
Cro-Magnon man, Grimaldi man, etc.)
a. Lower Palaeolithic Period
b. Middle Palaeolithic Period
c. Upper Palaeolithic Period
c. Upper Palaeolithic Period
Communal hunting, extensive fishing,
supernatural beliefs, cloth sewing, sculpture,
painting, and ornamentals out of bones and
horns
a. Lower Palaeolithic Period
b. Middle Palaeolithic Period
c. Upper Palaeolithic Period
c. Upper Palaeolithic Period
Transition in how human live to the retreat
of glaciers and growth of forests and deserts
a. Palaeolithic Period
b. Mesolithic Period
c. Neolithic Period
b. Mesolithic Period
Began to learn fishing, make pottery, and
use of bow
a. Palaeolithic Period
b. Mesolithic Period
c. Neolithic Period
b. Mesolithic Period
Transition from food gathering to agriculture
a. Palaeolithic Period
b. Mesolithic Period
c. Neolithic Period
b. Mesolithic Period