Unit 1: Global Prehistory (30,000 - 50BCE)

Question 1

anthropomorphic

Answer 1

human-like

Question 2

art mobilier

Answer 2

small-scale prehistoric art that is moveable

EG: Apollo 11 Cave Stones

Question 3

avian

Answer 3

something relating to birds

Question 4

bicephalic

Answer 4

two-headed figures

EG: Tlatilco female figurine

Question 5

Bovid

Answer 5

biological family of mammals that includes bison, African buffalo, water buffalo, antelopes, gazelles, sheep, goats, muskoxen, and domestic cattle

Question 6

camelid

Answer 6

member of Camelidae family, such as camels, llamas, and alpacas

Question 7

dentate

Answer 7

something with a tooth-like/serrated edge

Question 8

exogenous materials

Answer 8

materials that originated elsewhere

Question 9

Hominids

Answer 9

primate of family that includes humans and human fossil ancestors

Question 10

Homo sapiens

Answer 10

anatomically modern humans who evolved from early species of hominids

Question 11

maize

Answer 11

corn; first domesticated by Indigenous peoples in Mexico c10,000 years ago

Question 12

Melanesia

Answer 12

region of the western Pacific, includes Fiji, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu

Question 13

Mesoamerica

Answer 13

diverse civilizations that shared similar cultural characteristics in areas that now include Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica

Question 14

Middle Stone Age

Answer 14

period of African prehistory between Early Stone Age and Later Stone Age

Question 15

mortars and pestles

Answer 15

bowl and object used to grind, made of hard material and often used to prepare food

EG: Aubum Stone

Question 16

Neanderthals

Answer 16

extinct species of human named after the site in which their bones were discovered, from c120,000 - 35,000 years ago

Question 17

Neolithic period

Answer 17

“New Stone Age”

Question 18

Neolithic Revolution

Answer 18

c10,000-3,000 BE and refers to when humans began to settle into communities, domesticate animals, and grow crops

Question 19

nomad

Answer 19

individual who roams about without fixed residence

Question 20

oryx

Answer 20

large grazing antelope

Question 21

paddle-and-anvil technique

Answer 21

method of smoothing and finishing walls of hand-made pottery; anvil held against inner walls while paddle used to shape the outer surface

Question 22

Paleolithic

Answer 22

“Old Stone Age” from c 2.5 million years ago - 10,000 BCE

Question 23

petroglyph

Answer 23

rock engraving in which an image has been pecked or cut into the rock

Question 24

Polynesian Triangle

Answer 24

from Hawai’i in the north to Aotearoa (New Zealand) in the south and Rapa Nui (Easter Island) in the East

Question 25

potsherds

Answer 25

fragments of pottery

Question 26

prehistoric

Answer 26

before the invention of writing

Question 27

sacrum

Answer 27

large triangular bone at the base fo the spine

EG: Camelid sacrum in the shape of a canine

Question 28

shaman

Answer 28

a kind of priest of healer with powers involving the ability to communicate with the spirits of other worlds

Question 29

Shang Dynasty

Answer 29

earliest Chinese dynasty verified by scholars, ruling from c 1600-1050 BCE

Question 30

simting bilong tumbuna

Answer 30

“bones of the ancestors”, Enga term for class of cult objects used as ritual mechanisms

Question 31

slipped pottery

Answer 31

made of tiny particles of clay suspended in water and can be coloured with iron oxide or other minerals to decorate pot surface

Question 32

stele

Answer 32

vertical stone monument or marker inscribed with text or relief carving

EG: Anthropomorphic stele

Question 33

archaelology

Answer 33

atop over another time

Question 34

temper

Answer 34

sand or added materials, reduces elasticity of clay and avoid cracking during firing process

Question 35

Therianthorpe

Answer 35

supernatural creature that is part animal part human

Question 36

trilithon

Answer 36

pair of upright stones with a lintel stone spanning their tops

Question 37

twisted perspective

Answer 37

when animal bodies are depicted in profile while the horns are from a frontal viewpoint

EG: Great Hall of the Bulls