Final Exam - Review Cards Flashcards
Latitude
Lines stretching the globe from east to west
Longitude
Lines stretching the globe from north to south
Prime Meridian
Zero degrees longitutde
Equator
Zero degrees latitude
Absolute location
Position on the map measured by longitude and latitude
Relative location
Located in relation to another place
Carbon dating
Using carbon 14 atoms to determine the age of bones (up to 50,000 years)
Potassium-argon dating
Using potassium levels in the dirt to determine the age of bones or artifacts
Archeologists
Study prehistoric people
Anthropologists
Study culture
Paleontologists
Study fossils
Australopithecus (including “Lucy”)
walked upright (hominid); had an opposable thumb; found in East Africa
Homo Habilis (“Handy Man”)
increased brain size, better tools/technology
Homo Erectus (“Upright Man”)
first to use fire as a tool, language, and migrate out of Africa
Homo Sapiens (“Wise Man”) - Neanderthals
Early religious rituals, died out around last Ice Age
Homo Sapiens (“Wise Man”) - Early Modern Human
modern human anatomy; migrated throughout the globe; more advanced language and technology; art and religious rituals (including burials)
Paleolithic Age
Old stone age
Neolithic age
New stone age
Nomadic lifestyle
Moving around from place to place
Clans
Large family groups
Neolithic revolution
8000 BCE - Beginning of farming and led to civilizations
Hominids
Any member of the family of the two-legged primates that includes all humans
Cradle lands
Where the first africans resided
Where was Lucy discovered?
Great rift valley in Africa