Unit 1 Study Guide Flashcards
What is the displaying of the earth on a flat surface
Map projection
What is the shrinking and stretching of a map
Map distortion
The equator is an example of what type of line
Latitude line
What is the distance on a map in relation to the real world
Scale
What are objects called that are left behind that allow archaeologist to study the past
Artifacts
What is the spreading of ideas and technology to other people
Cultural diffusion
Belief in many gods
Polytheistic
What did Neolithic people learn to do with animals
Domisticate
Location that gives longitude and latitude
Absolute
Earliest form of writing using pictures
Pictographs
The study of the lives of early people by looking at artifacts
Archeology
Region that includes a specific place and the areas surrounding it
Functional region
Archaeological site found in England
Stone henge
4 major components of a map
Scale
Compass rose
Legend
Longitude and latitude
What are the cardinal directions
North,south,west,east
Name the 3 major types of maps
Physical
Political
Special purpose
Explain location
Location is where we are in the world(absolute and relative location)
Explain place
Place is how the location is described by either human characteristics(describes people) or physical characteristics(land environment)
Explain human environment interactions
It’s how humans and the environment affect eachother( humans adapting -if cold put on a coat) humans modify-cutting down trees) humans depend on the environment- food,water,oxygen
Explain movement
How we move from place to place
People-transportation
Goods-get shipped to u
Ideas-languages
Regions
How the areas are mapped and analyzed
Formal-boundries
Functional-described by its function
Where is the Tropic of Cancer
23 1/2*n
Where is the Tropic of Capricorn
23 1/2 s
How do archaeologists find out about early people
By looking at the things left behind .. Digging and excavation
Compare and contrast the Paleolithic and Neolithic ages
Similarities-buried dead with care, believed in multiple gods,and tool materials
Differences-farming,demisticate,hunting, and government
How did cultural diffusion occur among ancient people
Trade and war
List the 8 points to a civilization and a characteristic of each point
Cities-villages become cities Organized govt-bureaucracy Complex religion-polytheistic Job specialization-artisans Social class-priest Arts and architecture-expressed beliefs Public works-roads/bridges Writing-scripes
Name 3 examples of archaeological sites we discussed in class
Stone hedge,Aleppo,and Jericho
What is half of the earth
A hemisphere
