Social Studies Flashcards

1
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The first species to make tools is from the genus (category) we call Homo (Human)

A

Homo habilis or Handy person

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2
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Where does it live the homo habilis

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It Most likely in Africa

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3
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When does live the homo habilis

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1.5 to 2.4 million years ago

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4
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When does homo habilis exist, what era?

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The Paleolithic era, or the Old Stone age

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5
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What characteristic of Homo Habilis?

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The brains of Homo Habilis were about half the size of presente day human brains

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6
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He adapted or made changes that helped it survive, to live in regions that earlies species had found too harsh

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The Homo habilis

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7
Q

What does Paleolithic
mean?

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It comes from the English word paleo, meaning “of prehistoric times,” and the Greek word lithos, meaning “stone.”

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It comes from the English word paleo, meaning “of prehistoric times,” and the Greek word lithos, meaning “stone.”

A

Paleolithic

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9
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During this time, many different kinds of tools were made from stone.

A

Paleolithic

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10
Q

While it may have lived as early as 2.5
million years ago, _______ was at
its peak about 1.9 million years ago.

A

Homo Erectus

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11
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What its the mean Homo erectus?

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“upright person,”

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12
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Where its lives Homo Erectus?

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He lived in many regions of Africa and Eurasia, including China, Vietnam, Indonesia, and India.

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13
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He lived in many regions of Africa and Eurasia, including China, Vietnam, Indonesia, and India.

A

Homo Erectus

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14
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What are his (Homo erectus) characteristics?

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It was probably a lot like the homo habilis but
taller and thinner, with a bigger brain.
They could make better tools and weapons.

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15
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When appeared the Homo Sapiens?

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The Homo sapiens first cameabout 200,000 years ago. It looked like a
modern human.

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Who is the Homo Sapiens?

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Homo sapiens was the first modern human. The progress it made led to civilization as we know it.

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17
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Was the first modern human. The progress it made led to civilization as we know it.

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Homo sapiens

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18
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Where migrated the Homo Sapiens?

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of Africa to other continents.

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19
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What its the principal characteristhic of Homo Sapiens?

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Used fire, and made similar stone tools. They changed from scavengers into hunter-gatherers, communities became more common

20
Q

He walked upright, used fire, and made
similar stone tools. They changed from scavengers into hunter-gatherers, communities became more common

A

Homo Sapiens

21
Q

His brain was lighter, with smaller muscles, was more adaptable and brain size kept growing from generation to generation. It could learn from experience and adapt better to change.

A

Homo Sapiens

22
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What helped that Homo Sapiens adapted more rapidly?

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Technologies – tools, clothing, fire, and other innovations – helped adjust to new environments more rapidly.

23
Q

What its the Archeology?

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It comes from the Greek
word for the study of ancient things.

24
Q

What study a Archeologists?

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They study early humans, but they also examine and learn from history.

25
Q

How does an archeologist Work?

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Archeologists often divide a site into a grid
with squares that are just a foot or two wide. A team of assistants slowly sifts through every handful of dirt in each square.

26
Q

Its a technique that determines when a
person or animal lived.

A

Carbon Dated

27
Q

What analysis tells scientists where an animal or an early person’s parents
and ancestors came from?

A

DNA Analysis

28
Q

Scientists study which edible
plants and animals grew nearby. They show if the plants that were eaten in the past are the same plants that
grow today.

A

Food remains

29
Q

The _____help
scientists estimate a
species’ intelligence.
Researchers can compare
the size data with other
information and see how
brain size affected
survival.

A

Cranial (head) size measurements

30
Q

Who was nomad?

A

People who travel for place to place.

31
Q

How nomads began to develop its own society or way of living together?

A

Established patterns
of migrations.

32
Q

Before the Paleolithic era, language probably consisted mostly of
_______________ and _______________

A

Gestures and sounds.

33
Q

Humans find their way to every continent during _____________

A

The last age.

34
Q

How could people spread to all continents?

A

Because glaciers froze over much dropping a large amount of the ocean water.

As a result see level dropped, and land bridges that had once been underwater were revealed,

35
Q

Where did humans travel from?

A

They travel from Africa to Asia and then from Asia to America.

36
Q

Were used to sew hides or soft bark
into clothing materials?

A

Bone needles

37
Q

Burins were chisel - like tools made of
________ used to carve or
engrave

A

sharp-edged flakes of stone

38
Q

How make the Hand axes?

A

were made of flint or flaky stone.

39
Q

For what the use the hand axes?

A

They were used to cut meat, throw at pray , chop and bark.

40
Q

What its the awls?

A

Were long pointed spikes wood piercing wood or
hides.

41
Q

The ____ were made of stone or bone and
mounted on sticks. They were used to hunt and
fish an as weapons.

A

Spearheads

42
Q

The________ were sharp-edge prepare animals to be eaten, to clean hides, and to make bark.

A

Scrapers

43
Q

Major change happened when people realized they
could grow a lot of food in one place. His name is

A

Agricultural revolution:

44
Q

It probably started in ____________ an area that
includes southwestern Asia and northeastern Africa.

A

The Middle East,

45
Q

The animals could be shepherded, with the
help of dogs, over many miles of grazing
grounds. This is called

A

“Pastoral nomadism.”

46
Q

People moved between camps. They
started staying in permanent camps
called settlements. The
settlements grew into ________________

A

Villages and towns.