The Great Leap Forward and Human Technology

Flashcards covering the Great Leap Forward, human technological advancements, domestication, agriculture, and the rise of civilization.

The Great Leap Forward represents a profound change in the way __________ populations thought.

Homo sapiens

Modern humans started thinking differently than all preceding hominid populations between about __________ and __________ years ago.

$70,000$ and $50,000$

One popular theory suggests that the Great Leap Forward was triggered by the development of __________ and the cognitive changes that followed.

speech

To speak, humans had to develop the ability to think __________, which involves illustrating things that are not readily visible.

abstractly

A massive volcanic eruption that occurred about __________ years ago may have forced survivors to innovate for survival.

$$74,000$$

Evidence of the Great Leap Forward is seen in the change of tools, which became finer and were made of materials like __________ and __________.

bone, antler

The first jewelry, created at some point after __________ years ago, consisted primarily of shells on a string.

$$50,000$$

The first cave paintings appeared approximately __________ years ago in what is now France and Spain.

$$35,000$$

The appearance of instrumental music is evidenced by the discovery of __________ __________.

bone flutes

Early constructed dwellings were built using __________ __________ covered in leather or fur.

mammoth tusks

The __________ was the first animal to be domesticated, roughly __________ years ago.

dog, $15,000$

Populations that base their survival on herding animals and tending flocks are known as __________.

pastoralists

Agriculture first developed about __________ years ago in regions known today as Turkey and Syria.

$$10,000$$

Historians refer to the region of present-day Turkey, where agriculture developed, as __________.

Anatolia

Agriculture forced humans to __________ __________, which led to the creation of villages and eventually cities.

settle down

Technologies such as baking, brewing, metallurgy, pottery making, writing, and the __________ are all connected to agricultural origins.

wheel

The first cities and civilizations appeared in Mesopotamia and Anatolia between about __________ and __________ BCE.

$3,000$ and $4,000$

The complex records, government institutions, and social institutions found in cities are essential components of __________.

civilization