Chapter 1 Vocab Flashcards
artifacts
Human-made objects, such as tools and jewelry that hint at how their users lived, dressed, and survived.
culture
A people’s unique way of life. Includes customs, art, social institutions, way of dress, beliefs, etc.
Paleolithic Age
AKA Old Stone Age, the period lasted from 2.5 million BCE to around 8000 BCE. Achievements of this era include controlling fire and the creation of stone tools
Hominid
a primate of a family ( Hominidae ) that includes humans and their fossil ancestors, and also (in recent systems) at least some of the great apes.
Neolithic
aka new stone age, lasted from 8000 bce to 3000 bce. Achievements include polished stone tools, pottery and the domestication of plants and animals
Technology
ways of applying knowledge, tools, and inventions to meet their needs
Homo Sapiens
the species name for modern humans
Fertile Crescent
boomerang-shaped region of the Middle East that was home to early human civilizations
Mesopotamia
one of the world’s earliest civilizations located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
city-state
a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.
polytheism
belief in multiple gods
empire
extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority
Hammurabi
A 6th-century Babylonian king who oversaw one of the earliest and most complete written legal codes
delta
a broad, marshy, triangular area of land formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of the river
Pharoah
ruler in ancient Egypt
