Section 1.1-1.2 Flashcards

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Archaeologist

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A scientist who find and analyze the physical remains left by early people. ( like Indiana Jones) Example: art, artifacts, architecture, remains

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Anthropologist

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A scientist who studies all aspects of humanity…physical, cultural, and archeological ; how humans interact with each other.

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Historians

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Synthesize the information ( like into a book like ours)

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Where do we come from?

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3.6 Million years ago, the first hominid footprints in East Africa, near Tanzania,3.5 Million years ago, “ Lucy” in Ethiopia.

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Prehistory

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Refers to the long period of time before people invented systems of writing. ??? to 2500 BCE.

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If you cannot read about these people, how do we know about them?

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Artifacts

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Artifact

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Something made or given shape by humans such as a tool, or a work of art.

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How is an artifact different from a fossil?

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An artifact is something made by humans, a fossil comes from animals.

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Where would you imagine that earlier people would migrate towards?

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People would migrate towards animals, climate and vegetation.

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The Paleolithic Age is also know as the ____________

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Old Stone Age

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When did the Paleolithic Age take place?

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2.5 Million to 8,000 BCE.

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What inventions were discovered?

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Invention of: Tools, fire, and development of spoken language.

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Religion

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Animism or fertility. Goddess buried dead.

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Nomadic

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Move from place to place ( Bands 25-70)

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The Paleolithic Age has _______/_________

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Hunters/ Gatherers

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Australopithecines

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First Human to walk upright

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Homo Habilis

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First human to make stone tools

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Homo erectus

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Remarkably large brain

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Neanderthal

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First to have religion

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Cro-Magnan

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First modern humans- created art.

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The Neolithic Age is also know as the ______________.

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New Stone Age

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The Neolithic Age was from ______ /______ BCE

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8,000-2,500 BCE

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What new things were discovered in the Neolithic Age?

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Polish stone tools, make pottery, crowing crops/ raised animals, small settlement- increased population

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What is the Agricultural Revolution?

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People who knew how to farm in 8000 BCE

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How did the agricultural revolution happen?
Women scattered berries that turned into crops and climate changes.
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What are early farming methods?
The slash and burn method: to burn the entire field, and the ashes made the soil very rich
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What was the domestication of animals like in the Agricultural a Revolution?
Included horses, dogs, goats, and pigs. At first drove herds to rocky ravines, then to human made enclosures
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Arrival of villages/ farming in the Agricultural Revolution
Simultaneous emerge, particularly in or around river valley's. Ex: Africa, China, Mexico/ Central America, Peru.