1. Prehistory Flashcards
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prehistory
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period of time before written records
2
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Paleolithic Age
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- Old Stone Age
- humans foraged for food
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Homo habilis
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- “handy man”
- first to make stone tools
4
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Homo erectus
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- “upright man”
- traveled widely
5
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Neanderthals
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- our closest human relative
- evidence for sophisticated behavior, such as burying dead
6
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Homo sapiens
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- “wise man” or “thinking man”
- us
7
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hunter-gatherer
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hunts wild animals and gathers wild plants
8
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culture
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the shared beliefs, practices, and traditions of a group
9
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Neolithic Age
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- New Stone Age
- humans started to settle
10
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the Agricultural Revolution
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term used to describe the major historical development that occurred during Neolithic Age
11
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domestication
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human intervention that changes the physical characteristics of wild plants and animals
12
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sedentary
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settled; nonmigratory
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agrarian society
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- agriculture is the foundation of economy
- villages, towns, cities
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pastoral society
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- domesticated animals are the foundation of economy
- move seasonally to find pasture and water (nomadic)
15
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Jericho
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- Neolithic agrarian society
- oldest continuously inhabited city on the planet
16
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Çatalhöyük
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- Neolithic agrarian society
- large and prosperous
17
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Stonehenge
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- megalithic structure
- built by Neolithic agrarian society
- modern-day England
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Indo-Europeans
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- Neolithic pastoral society
- migrated, spread their language
21
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Old World
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Afro-Eurasia
22
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New World
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the Americas
23
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Eurasian Steppes
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24
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Fertile Crescent
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25
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Mesopotamia
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“the land between two rivers”
26
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Mesoamerica
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“middle america”
