Human Cultural Evolution Flashcards

1
Q

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?

A

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.

A

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.

A

Age of Metals

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

A

✔️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?

A

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

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15
Q

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
Q

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

A

✔️ Paleolithic Age
✔️ Neolithic Age
✔️ Metal Age

18
Q

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

A

Paleolithic Age

19
Q

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

A

Neolithic Age

20
Q

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

A

Metal Age

21
Q

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

A

✅Fertile Crescent

✅Mesopotamian civilization

22
Q

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

A

✅“Land between two rivers”

✅cradle of civilization

23
Q

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

A

✅Western Asia

✅Tigris And Euphrates Rivers

24
Q

it is where the first evidence of agriculture was found.

A

Fertile Crescent

25
Q

One of the first writing systems.

A

Cuneiform

26
Q

Every city in Mesopotamia had its own government, rulers, warriors, patron god, and functioned like an independent country. Mesopotamian cities were _____, _____, _____, _____.

A

Ur, Uruk, Kish, Lagesh

27
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a temple at the center of each city (a massive, tiered, pyramid-shaped structure).

A

ziggurat

28
Q

There was also what we called ___________________ (2.400-2.500 B.C.) who govern and protect the people under its government.

A

Mesopotamian warrior-gods

29
Q

It is a series of rulers descending from a single-family line.

A

Dynasty

30
Q

The _____ _____ lasted about 200 years.

A

Akkadian Empire

31
Q

In the year 2350–2150 B.C, __________ Empire overtook __________ around 2000 B.C.,

A

✅Babylonian

✅Sumerians

32
Q

Where does the Babylonian Empire built their capital (Babylon)?

A

Euphrates River

33
Q

It emerged more than 5,000 years ago along the River Nile in the north-east of Africa.

A

Egyptian Civilization

34
Q

Egyptians called their king a ______.

A

pharaoh