World Civ Unit 1 Vocab: Pre-history

Question 1

Abu Hureya

Answer 1

a prehistoric archaeological site near the Euphrates in Syria

Question 2

Beringia

Answer 2

a landmass between Asia and America

Question 3

Catalhuyuk

Answer 3

a key site in understanding prehistoric civilization; located in Turkey

Question 4

Dolni Vetonice

Answer 4

a place in Czech Republic that had proof of animal meat used in various ways

Question 5

Holocene

Answer 5

a time period when humans used and perfected tool usage (before Neolithic)

Question 6

Homo Erectus

Answer 6

hominids; noted as the first humans to stand up straight

Question 7

Homo habilis

Answer 7

the “handy man”; first hominid tool makers

Question 8

Homo sapiens

Answer 8

appearing during Holocene; modern humans

Question 9

Ice Age

Answer 9

era of cold and sheets of ice across the world; between 36,000 and 16,000 BCE

Question 10

Jericho

Answer 10

a settlement land with fertile soil above the dead sea; population- hundreds

Question 11

Natufians

Answer 11

the humans who start to see the benefits of sedentary living; ate grains, barley, rye, wheat, and animals from the nearby lakes

Question 12

Neanderthals

Answer 12

archaic humans living in Eurasia

Question 13

Neolithic

Answer 13

time period or era known as the new stone age

Question 14

Oldowan Industry

Answer 14

a toolset; smashed quartz and pebbles made into choppers; stones for cutting; hand axes

Question 15

Paleolithic

Answer 15

era when tools were used; old stone age

Question 16

sedentary

Answer 16

spending too much time seated

Question 17

BCE

Answer 17

Before Common Era

Question 18

CE

Answer 18

Common Era