Chapter 1 section 1,2,3 Flashcards

1
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what are human made objects such as tools and jewelry called

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Artifacts

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2
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What is a peoples unique way of life called

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Culture

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3
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Humans and other creatures that walk upright such as australopithecines are

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Hominids

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4
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What is the earlier or longer part of the stone age called

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Paleolithic Age

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5
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What is the new stone age called

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Neolithic Age

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6
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Ways of applying knowledge, tools and inventions to meet a people’s needs are called

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Technology

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7
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What is the Species name for modern humans

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Homo Sapiens

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8
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Highly mobile people who moved from place to place foraging or searching for new sources of food were called

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Nomads

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9
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Nomadic groups whose food supply depends on hunting animals and collecting plant foods are called

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Hunter-Gatherers

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10
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Another name for the Agricultural Revolution is the

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Neolithic Revolution

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11
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The farming method where some groups cut down trees or grasses and burned them to clear a field is called

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Slash-and-burn farming

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12
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the taming of animals like horses, pigs, dogs, and goats is called

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Domestication

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13
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What is a complex culture that is defined by five characteristics called

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Civilization

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14
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The development of skills in a specific kind of work is

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Specialization

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15
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Skilled workers who make goods by hand are

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Artisan

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16
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A long lasting pattern of organization in a community is called an

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Institution

17
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professional record keepers that invented a system of writing are called

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Scribes

18
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A system of writing that the scribes created was called

A

Cuneiform

19
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what was the age that refers to the time when people began using bronze

A

Bronze age

20
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A way of trading goods and services without money is called

A

Barter

21
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What was the pyramid-shaped monument that was used to worship many gods called

A

Ziggurat

22
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goats, sheep, cows, horses, ox buffalo, pig, camel, and donkey were used to make work for men and were called

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Domesticated Animals

23
Q

The Inca emperor in the 1500s that had the most advanced state in America

A

Atahualpa

24
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Ancient chinese people that settled in the pacific replacing many of the native people in 3500 or 500 B.C. that domesticated pigs, chickens, and dogs

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Austronesians

25
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Smallest societies that consisted of 5 to 80 people that often lived nomadically were called

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Bands

26
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A Writing strategy used today that provides a sign for each basic sound

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Alphabet

27
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A term that Diamond used to define the large continent of Europe and Asia that led to them getting guns, germs, and steel

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Eurasia

28
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the Largest societies that ranged from several thousands to several ten thousands

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Chiefdoms