Prehistory Flashcards

1
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those who move in search of food

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nomads

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2
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sparse, dry grasslands

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steppes

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3
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spread of ideas, customs, and technologies

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cultural diffusion

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4
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versatile stone kit items

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microtools

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5
Q

created a theory of evolution

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Darwin

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6
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migrated out of Africa between 100,000 and 200,000 B.C.

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homo sapiens sapiens

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7
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more than is necessary

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surpluses

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8
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may have pumped people out of Africa

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Sahara

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9
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allowed for clothing development

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scrapers

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10
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found 3-million year old “Lucy”

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Donald Johanson

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11
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a political unit which included a city and surrounding land

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city-state

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12
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only tool for over 4 million years

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hand ax

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13
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customs, ideas, and ways of life of a group of people

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culture

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14
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tree ring dating method

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dendrochronology

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15
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a circular area of stone or wood pillars

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henge

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16
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continent of first humans

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Africa

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17
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soil rich in minerals

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silt

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18
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exchanging ones goods or services for another

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barter economy

19
Q

refers to levels in a dig (method of dating)

bottom- oldest

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statigraphy

20
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copper combined with tin

21
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means new stone age

22
Q

means old stone age

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paleolithic

23
Q

ancient man was found here

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Olduvai Gorge

24
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a device used to cut grain

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study of past peoples and culture through material remains
anthropology
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anything shaped by humans
artifact
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it relies on habit, custom, or ritual unlikely to change
traditional economy
28
scholars who write about the historical past
historians
29
idea that the world is full of spirits and invisible forces
animism
30
successful hominid who tamed fire
Homo Erectus
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evidence of plant or animal life preserved in rock
fossil
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found ancient remains of mankind
Leakey
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dating method for living things
Carbon-14 dating
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likely area of human evolution
Savannah
35
name given to an ancient hominid
Lucy
36
one who can read and write
scribe
37
items compared to one another (method of dating) | oldest- simplest
relative dating
38
dated earth at 4004 B.C.
Bishop of Usher
39
tools and skills that people use to meet their basic needs
technology
40
created by sedentary civilization lifestyle
spare time
41
group of states or territories controlled by one ruler
empire
42
where most civilizations developed
rivers
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long period before writing
prehistory
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thick sheets of ice
glaciers