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World History Unit 1 Flashcards

1
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The scholars who study our past using written records and historic art to find the answers

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Historians

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History before written records

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Prehistory

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The study of human history and prehistory through things people made, used, and left behind

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Archeology

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Scientists who study objects made by humans, called Artifacts, to better understand human activity

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Archaeologists

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Tools, instruments, or anything made by humans in past civilizations

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Artifacts

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Scientists who also study artifacts but are more interested in the cultural aspects of human society

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Anthropologists

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The first humanlike creatures

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Hominids

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Thumbs ability to move toward and touch the other fingers of the same hand

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Opposable

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9
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Southern Ape

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Australopithecus

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Able Man

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Homo Habilis

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Upright Man

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Homo Erectus

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Wise Man

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Homo Sapiens

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Wise Wise Human

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Homo Sapiens Sapiens

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The old stone age

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Paleolithic Era

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Person who has no permanent home and travels to find food

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Nomad

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A time of vast movement and long-distance travel for humans

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The Great Migration

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The most recent glacial period, when much of the earth was covered by ice and oceans were frozen over. It lasted about 100,000 years and ended around 10,000 BCE.

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The Ice Age

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18
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A carving or inscription on a rock

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Petroglyph

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What was the great Migration and how long did it take?

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The Great Migration was a time when humans traveled from Africa and began to explore every continent except Antarctica. They hunted across the continents and found places with fresh water and fertile lands. The Great Migration took roughly one million years.

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What are some reasons why early humans made cave paintings?

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Early humans used cave paintings to communicate and probably to tell stories and share myths. They also drew hunting strategies and probably used the paintings as part of rituals they hoped would guarantee a good hunt.

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How do scientists learn about things that happened in prehistory?

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Scientists learn about prehistory through artifacts, which are objects such as tools, instruments, buildings, pottery, or anything else made by humans. They use these objects to find clues about prehistoric life.

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When was the Paleolithic Era?

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The Paleolithic era, or old stone age, spanned about 2,500,000 BCE to around 10,000 BCE

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What effect did the Ice Age have on the planet?

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The cold weather of the Ice Age pushed humans toward warmer regions. Also, sea levels were lower. so land bridges connected continents, and humans used these to travel to distant places.

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What sorts of objects did Paleolithic people make?

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Paleolithic people made simple tools, such as hand axes, stone spearheads, bows, arrows, harpoons, bone fishhooks, baskets, rope, statues, and flutes.

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Staying in one place

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Sedentary

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Crops people would rely on most for food

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Staple crops

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To tame or adapt for your own use

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Domesticate

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A series of canals built to bring water to the land

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Irrigation System

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More than is needed

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Surplus

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People specializing in different roles within a society

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Division of Labor

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Workers skilled in a particular craft

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Artisans

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To exchange one good for another

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Barter

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Groups of families who live together

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Clans/tribes

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Kings & Queens

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Monarchs

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Belief that the right to rule comes directly from God, not from the consent of the people

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Divine Right

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god, goddess, or divine being

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Deity

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People owned as though they were property

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Slaves

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Society organized around a centralized government, a means of food production, a system of writing, art and architecture, and job specialization

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Civilization

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Passing down information from generation to generation through spoken word and memorization instead of by writing it down

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Oral Tradition

40
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Why did people abandon their nomadic lifestyle during the Neolithic era?

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People stopped being nomadic because they developed systematic agriculture. During the Neolithic era, people began farming and could settle down in one place rather than chase animals for food.

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What new farming techniques did the Neolithic people use?

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People began picking and choosing the seeds from the biggest, best plants and planting only those in order to grow even bigger crops (this is called the domestication of plants). Farmers also used an irrigation system to control the flow of water to different areas of land by using canals.

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What do we mean when we say “division of labor”?

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Division of labor means that tasks in a society are performed by separate groups.

43
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Give an example of bartering.

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An example of bartering is trading a woven basket for an iron pot.

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What was the role of monarchs in these new societies?

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Monarchs were the new leaders of towns and cities. They used laws to keep order, and many claimed to have power based on “divine right.”

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How did having leisure time advance civilizations?

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Leisure time advanced civilizations because people had time to explore ideas and be creative.

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What is a surplus, and why was it so important for the development of civilizations?

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A surplus is an excess of food, and it is important because that is what created leisure time. It also meant that populations could expand and that people did not have to follow a herd for food anymore.

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Where were the first civilizations mostly found?

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The first civilizations were mostly found around Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Indus Valley, China, and Central America.

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