Midterm prep

Prepping for the midterm tomorrow morning:

Paleolithic Era: 200,000-12,000 years ago.
1. We evolved as homo sapiens
2. We developed technology through basic stone tools.
3. Socially, we formed ourselves into small groups of gatherer-hunters.
4. We migrated out of Africa to almost all other continents, the idea of globalization.

Paleolithic Era is known as the Old Stone Era

Neolithic Era: 12,000 years ago.
1. We out competed all other species of homo.
2. We developed advanced tools for more complex purposes
3. Socially, we formed ourselves into small agricultural communities.
4. Human population was complete.

Neolithic Era is known as the New Stone Era or Agricultural Era.

Ancient Era: 3500 BC- 500 BC
1. We competed against ourselves for power, wealth, status leading to social hierarchies.
2. Writing developed.
3. Civilizations and city-states developed creating an agricultural surplus.
4. Interaction between people from different continents increases due to trade.

The development and growth from era to era created an everlasting effect that is still in effect today. What one generation or era learns is adapted to fit a new generation or era. The qualities of life and technologies that brought beneficial aspects to one era are adapted and changed to fit the new needs and qualities of life of another generation or era. This idea is what is so significant about human development starting 200,000 years ago. Homo sapiens developed from gatherer-hunters who lived in small bands of 20-25 people to huge civilizations and nations that spread across the whole globe today. Our technological, social, and cultural advances all have their roots in the Paleolithic, Neolithic, and Ancient eras but as they did 200,000-12,000 years ago they adapted to change the technology and social way to fit their current quality of life. It's an interesting part of humanism and development as a species in general.

I wish that for our midterm we were allowed to bring a small outline or flash card of key points we wanted to discuss in our answers since there is so much material that has the possibility of being covered. It aso worries me that preparing for all 12 of these short answer questions for only 6 or 7 to be put on the midterm I haven't studied the right material. It's hard to gauge exactly what is important for such a broad range of questions, especially the contrasting and comparisons of the first civilizations. We'll see how day one of the Midterm tomorrow turns out, hoping for the best.