Pre Historic Ages And Its Achievements Flashcards

1
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Long time period before
writing was invented

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PREHISTORY

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2
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Anything made by ancient human beings such as tools, pottery and weapons

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ARTIFACTS

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3
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A set of beliefs, knowledge, and Patterns of living that a group of people develops

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CULTURE

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4
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The period of prehistory that begins with the development of stone tools

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STONE AGE

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5
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stone age can be divided into two eras

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1)Paleolithic age
2) neolithic age

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6
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“PALEO”

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old

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7
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“LITHIC”

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stone age

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8
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ways of applying knowledge,tools and inventions to meet their needs

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TECHNOLOGY

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9
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Hominid progress:

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✔Invention of tools & Mastery of fire
✔Development of language

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10
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Homo Habilis “Handy man” made?

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stone tools

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11
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Homo Erectus “Upright man”

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Migrated
Used fire
Spoken language

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12
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Larger brain

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Homo Sapiens “Wise man”

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13
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People that moved from place to place in search of basic survival

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NOMADS

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14
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Nomads also known as

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HUNTERS-GATHERERS

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15
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During the paleolithic era, early humans would migrate from _____,____, _____ and____ in search of their survival needs. (migration)

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Africa to India,China,southeast Asia,Europe

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16
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  • epoch of the Cenozoic era often identified as “the Ice Age
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Pleistocene epoch

17
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epoch the time since the end of the last major glacial epoch.

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Holocene

18
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Wherein humans used polished stone tools that they utilize in their everyday life. Still, they lived nomadically in camps near rivers and other bodies of water.

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MIDDLE STONE AGE

19
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The Mesolithic begins at the end of a period known in geology as the ?

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Younger Dryas stadial

20
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group of archaic humans who emerged at least 200,000 years during the Pleistocene Epoch

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NEANDERTHALS

21
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A hominid of a tall erect race of the Upper
Paleolithic known from skeletal remains, was found chiefly in southern France and classified as the same species (Homo sapiens) as present-day humans.

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CRO MAGNONS

22
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“Cro” means

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Cavity

23
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The new stone age

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NEOLITHIC AGE

24
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One early farming method was

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Slash-and-burn farming

25
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is the taming of animals and plants.

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Domestication

26
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change from being nomadic to creating permanent settlements

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NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION

27
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-Growing Of Crops For Food

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Agriculture

28
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  • Breeding Of Animals For food
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Domestication

29
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Archaeologists have studied a site _____in the of northeastern Iraq.

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Zagros Mountains

30
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The people who lived in this region

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Jarmo

31
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DOMESTICATED ANIMALS

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Wild pig
Domesticated pig
Urial sheep
Domesticated sheep
Wild Auroch Bull
Domesticated cow
Wild Bezoar Goat
Domesticated Goat

32
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one of the oldest and most widespread of the decorative arts, consisting of objects made clay and hardened with heat.

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Pottery

33
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is a small settlement usually found in a rural setting.

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village

34
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Two important inventions enabled traders to move ;

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1) Wheel
2) Sail In Agriculture

35
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the development of skill in a specific kind of work

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Specialization