Chapter 1 Flashcards
What is a human-made object, such as a tool, weapon, or piece of jewelry?
Artifact
What is a people’s unique way of life, as shown by its tools, customs, arts and ideas?
Culture
What is a member of a biological group including human beings and related species that walk upright?
Hominid
What is the prehistoric period–2,500,000 to 8,000 BC–people made use of crude stone tools and weapons
Paleolithic Age
What is the prehistoric period–about 8,000 to 3,000 BC in some areas–people learned to polish advanced stone tools, make pottery, raise crops, etc. (New Stone Age)
Neolithic Age
What are ways in which people apply knowledge, tools and inventions to meet their needs?
Technologies
What term translates to “wise man”? What is the biological species to which modern human beings belong?
Homo Sapiens
Who were the anthropologists and archaeologists who helped discover australopithecines walked upright and homo habilis made tools?
the Leakeys
Who were the shorter and thicker hominids that competed with Cro Magnons?
Neanderthals
Who is a scientist who studies physical and cultural characteristics of humans and their ancestors?
Anthropologist
Who were members of a group of people with no fixed home, who travel constantly to find food and water?
Nomads
What is a highly organized society marked by advanced knowledge of trade, government, arts, science, and often written language?
Civilization
What is the exchange of goods, ideas, and customs among different cultures?
Cultural Diffusion
What is a traditional story that explains natural events?
Myth
What is a person skilled in a craft?
Artisan
