Chapter 1 Terms

Question 1

Geography

Answer 1

The study of the earths surface, it’s atmosphere, climate, continents, people, industries and products.

Question 2

Prehistory

Answer 2

Time before writing

Question 3

Anthropology

Answer 3

The study of the origins and Development of people and their societies

Question 4

Culture

Answer 4

A group’s knowledge, beliefs, values, and customs

Question 5

Archaeology

Answer 5

The study of past people and their cultures

Question 6

Artifact

Answer 6

Objects that people in the past made and used, such as coins, pottery, and tools

Question 7

Technology

Answer 7

The application of knowledge, skills, and tools to meet people‘s needs

Question 8

Nomad

Answer 8

People who move place to place in search of food and water

Question 9

Paleolithic age

Answer 9

Also known as the Old Stone Age.

A prehistoric period That lasted from about
2.5 million years ago to about 8500 BC

Earliest tools made from chipped stone

Question 10

Neolithic age

Answer 10

Aperiod in human history marked by the introduction of agriculture and a shift from food GATHERING to food PRODUCTION

Question 11

Domestication

Answer 11

Taming animals in adapting crops for human use

Question 12

Civilization

Answer 12

Gah

Question 13

Surplus

Answer 13

Excess

Question 14

Polytheistic

Answer 14

To believe in many gods

Question 15

Artisan

Answer 15

Skilled craftsperson Who makes good, such as pottery or baskets, by hand

Question 16

City-state

Answer 16

A political unit that includes a town or city AND the surrounding land controlled by it

Question 17

Cultural diffusion

Answer 17

The Spreading of culture from one society to another

Question 18

Scribe

Answer 18

A person who copies out documents

Question 19

Five features of geography

Answer 19

Location
Place
Human-environment interaction
Movement
Region

Question 20

8 features of civilization

Answer 20

Cities
Complex religions
Social classes
Art and architecture
Organized central government
Job specialization
Writing
Public works

Question 21

Pictogram

Answer 21

Simple drawings that look like the objects they represent

Question 22

Historian

Answer 22

Scholars who write about and study the historical past

Question 23

Jericho

Answer 23

Earliest Village/town

Question 24

Glacier

Answer 24

An extremely large mass of ice which moves very slowly, often down a mountain valley

Question 25

Latitude

Answer 25

Specifies the NORTH – SOUTH position of a point on the earth

Question 26

Longitude

Answer 26

Specifies the EAST-WEST position of a point on the earth

Question 27

Empire

Answer 27

A group of nations ruled over by an emperor. Larger than a kingdom

Question 28

Steppe

Answer 28

A plain without trees

Question 29

River valley

Answer 29

A valley formed by the flowing water on a river.

Question 30

BC

Answer 30

Before Christ

Question 31

AD

Answer 31

“Anno Domini” (the year of our lord)

Question 32

Iceman

Answer 32

“Otzi the Iceman”- Europe’s oldest known natural human mummy

Question 33

Anthropologist

Answer 33

A scientist who studies the physical characteristics and cultures of humans and their ancestors

Question 34

Archaeologist

Answer 34

Scientist who dig to find and study bones and artifacts of people who lived thousands of years ago

Question 35

Animism

Answer 35

The belief that objects, like plants and stones, or natural events, like thunderstorms and earthquakes, are alive

Question 36

Tigris

Answer 36

Large river

Question 37

Euphrates

Answer 37

Large river

Question 38

Nile

Answer 38

Capital river