Unit 1

Question 1

Anthropology

Answer 1

Study culture based on archeological findings

Question 2

Archeologists

Answer 2

Excavate and study early settlements

Question 3

Homo sapiens

Answer 3

Modern humans “wise men”

Question 4

Artifacts

Answer 4

Human made objects

Question 5

Culture

Answer 5

A group of people’s unique way of life

Question 6

Hominids

Answer 6

Animals including humans that walk upright

Question 7

Paleolithic age

Answer 7

Earlier longer part of Stone Age 2.5m-8000 b. C.

Question 8

Neolithic age

Answer 8

New Stone Age began 8000 b. C. - 3000 B. C.

Question 9

Technology

Answer 9

Way of applying knowledge and invention to meet needs

Question 10

Nomads

Answer 10

Highly mobile people who migrated

Question 11

Hunter gatherers

Answer 11

Nomadic groups of people whose food supply depends on hunting and gathering

Question 12

Neolithic revolution

Answer 12

Brought about agriculture

Question 13

Slash and burn

Answer 13

A way of fertilizing the ground. Cutting down trees and then burning under brush; ash fertilized land

Question 14

Domestication

Answer 14

Taming animals for human use

Question 15

Specialization

Answer 15

Learning a specific job

Question 16

Ziggurat

Answer 16

Pyramid shaped monument

Question 17

Barter

Answer 17

Way of trading goods and services without currency

Question 18

Bronze Age

Answer 18

3000 B. C. The start of using bronze tools

Question 19

Cuneiform

Answer 19

An early system of writing

Question 20

Scribes

Answer 20

People that kept records

Question 21

Institution

Answer 21

A long lasting pattern of organization in a community

Question 22

Artisans

Answer 22

Skilled workers who make goods by hand

Question 23

Paleontologist

Answer 23

A scientist that studies bones