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15 Cards in this Set
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Difine History
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the story of people, how they came into exsistence, and why
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List three examples of the type of "records" ancient peoples left behind
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Chisled into stone, baked on clay tablets, written on partchment
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List two functions of history
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Reflects present experiences, reveals the life and culture of the past
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Define Culture
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It means "care for" in Laten. Traditions passed down
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Explain how people try to control their eviornment and provide an example for each
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1 Changing adapting to it- irragatinga desert area. 2 Use materials to physical enviornment to develop culture use avalible materials
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What is the basic unit of organization in any culture
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Family
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Define Civilization
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When a culture expands from villages and cummunities into more complete social and political cities
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List characteristics of civilization
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Large, Religion, Language, an writting
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Define Archaeology
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The scientific study of the remains of relics, artifacts, lost cities to learn aboutthe way people lived
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Define Athropology
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The study of physical character, enviornment, social relations, culture of the people
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Which science is older and what is a necessary part of both
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Archaeology tells us about the past
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Define Finds/Findings and a tell
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Find- discoveries made archaeological sites. Tell- Flat topped hill/ mound covered in debri covered ruins of ancient cities
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Where will you find the oldest objects or relics in a tell
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On the bottom layer of the tell
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Define excavation
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Undercover ruins of ancient cities
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Described two major methods archaeologists use to excavate. Which method is best and why
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1. Remove one layer of remains at a time so they can
study the complete civilization before getting to the next level. 2. Trench cut damages previous layers. Number one is the best. |
