unit 1 history test 2024 Flashcards
Paleolithic Age
about 2.5 million years ago. People lived in teepees, caves or holes in the ground and bushes. And used basic tools like bone stone and wood.
Neolithic Revolution
A critical change that resulted in the birth of agriculture.
Artifacts
Old or lost items from way back then made by humans.
Anthropology
The study of life and culture
Archeology
The study of fossils and plants.
Fossil
Preserved items from pre-historic times.
Radiocarbon dating
All living things absorb a small amount of carbon or C14. The older the object is the less carbo it has. Because it slowly releases carbon out of it. (only used up to 50,000 years old.
Civilization
During the Paleolithic Age, hominins grouped together in small societies such as bands and subsisted by gathering plants, fishing, and hunting or scavenging wild animals.
Prehistory
A time where there wasn’t documented things, or documented history.
Purpose of fire
So you can gain light, cook, heat, defense, weapon.
Artisans
A skilled worker or craftsman.
Gender Roles
This is almost the only time where women and men where equal. Usually the man would hunt for food, while the woman stayed at the camp collecting supplies or helping out
Out of Africa Theory
People migrated out of Africa and developed in different places.
Homo Erectus
Meaning “upright man”. AKA the first genus of homo.
Homo Sapien
Meaning human