Human Cultural Evolution Flashcards

(34 cards)

1
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the term paleolithic & neolithic was coined by who’s archeologist?

A

John Lubbock (1865)

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2
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what does “palaios” mean?

A

old

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3
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what does “lithos” means?

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stone

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4
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when does Paleolithic Period happened

A

2.5 million years ago

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5
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Paleolithic Period is also known as?

A

Old Stone Age

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6
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Due to cold climate, much of the stone age is also called as what?

A

Ice Age

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7
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this are people who have no fixed residence but move from place to place usually seasonally and with in well defined territory

A

Nomads

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8
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In what period do nomads discovered fire through the use of stones to cook their food and to protect them from the cold weather?

A

Paleolithic Period

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9
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What is the meaning of neo?

A

New

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10
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this was happened for about 10,000 B. C.

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New Stone Age

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11
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The Neolithic Revolution is also called as what?

A

First Agricultural Revolution

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12
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this was happened for about 4000 B.C.-1500 B.C.

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Age of Metals

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13
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what kinds of metals are used in Age of Metals?

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✔️Bronze
✔️Cooper
✔️Iron

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14
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There three stages distinguished with the Age of Metals due to the different types of metals that were used mainly?

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✔️The Cooper Age
✔️The Bronze Age
✔️The Iron Age

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15
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it is the first known metal; it used to make ornaments?

A

Cooper

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16
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In this age Tribes, Empires, and State were recognized

A

Age of Metals

17
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In the past there are 3 types of Age’s what are those?

A

✔️ Paleolithic Age
✔️ Neolithic Age
✔️ Metal Age

18
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unpolished stone tools, hunting and gathering, nomadic way of living

A

Paleolithic Age

19
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Polish Stone Tools, Domestication of plants and animals, Living in permanent places

A

Neolithic Age

20
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Use of Metals, (Tribes, empires, and state), Civilization

21
Q

One of the earliest states and civilizations was found in the ____________ which is known as the _________ __________.

A

✅Fertile Crescent

✅Mesopotamian civilization

22
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The word Mesopotamia is a Greek word for _____ _____ _____ _____ which is often referred to as the _____ _____ _____.

A

✅“Land between two rivers”

✅cradle of civilization

23
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It is the region of the _____ _____ located between the _____ and _____ _____.

A

✅Western Asia

✅Tigris And Euphrates Rivers

24
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it is where the first evidence of agriculture was found.

A

Fertile Crescent

25
One of the first writing systems.
Cuneiform
26
Every city in Mesopotamia had its own government, rulers, warriors, patron god, and functioned like an independent country. Mesopotamian cities were _____, _____, _____, _____.
Ur, Uruk, Kish, Lagesh
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a temple at the center of each city (a massive, tiered, pyramid-shaped structure).
ziggurat
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There was also what we called ___________________ (2.400-2.500 B.C.) who govern and protect the people under its government.
Mesopotamian warrior-gods
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It is a series of rulers descending from a single-family line.
Dynasty
30
The _____ _____ lasted about 200 years.
Akkadian Empire
31
In the year 2350–2150 B.C, __________ Empire overtook __________ around 2000 B.C.,
✅Babylonian ✅Sumerians
32
Where does the Babylonian Empire built their capital (Babylon)?
Euphrates River
33
It emerged more than 5,000 years ago along the River Nile in the north-east of Africa.
Egyptian Civilization
34
Egyptians called their king a ______.
pharaoh