Chapter 1 terms

Question 1

Prehistory-

Answer 1

The time before the invention of writing.

Question 2

Civilization-

Answer 2

A complex structure with advanced cities, specialized workers, complex institutions, record keeping, and advanced technology.

Question 3

Culture-

Answer 3

A peoples unique way of life. Includes common practices of a society (What people eat, clothing, sports, tools and tech, social customs, work), its shared understandings (language, symbols, religion, values, art, political beliefs), and its social organization (family, class and caste structure, relationships between individual and community, government, economic system, view of authority).

Question 4

Fossil-

Answer 4

Evidence of early life preserved in rocks (like teeth, skulls, bones, etc)

Question 5

Artifact-

Answer 5

Human-made objects, such as tools and jewelry. Hint at how people dressed, what work they did, or how they worshipped.

Question 6

Archaeologist-

Answer 6

Specially trained scientists who work like detectives to uncover the story of prehistoric peoples by digging up remains.

Question 7

Anthropologist-

Answer 7

Scientists that study culture. Study artifacts and recreate the people’s culture

Question 8

Hominid-

Answer 8

Humans and other creature that walk upright, such as australopithecines.

Question 9

Location-

Answer 9

Absolute- longitude and latitude, the specific points, the exact location. Relative- When you talk about a place relative to another place. Canada is north of the US

Question 10

Place-

Answer 10

What an area looks like in physical and human terms

Question 11

Region-

Answer 11

Any area with similar characteristics like physical factors like land forms or climate, or culture like language or religion.

Question 12

Human-Environment Interaction-

Answer 12

How humans adapt to or change the environment around them. Hoover Dam.

Question 13

Movement-

Answer 13

Transfer of people, goods, and ideas from one place to another.

Question 14

Advanced cities-

Answer 14

had people, buildings, centers of trade. Ur was and advanced city. LZ is an advanced city

Question 15

Specialized workers-

Answer 15

Traded goods for services. Specialization- development of skills in a specific kind of work. Artisans, metallurgy, potters, builders, engineers

Question 16

Complex institutions-

Answer 16

Long lasting pattern of organization in a community. Religion, government, education.

Question 17

Record keeping-

Answer 17

Writing things down like history and stuff. Writing from 5000 years ago like Cuneiform symbols

Question 18

Advanced technology-

Answer 18

Important technological advancements that made life easier or better for the people. Wheel, sail, irrigation, bronze, plow