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18 Cards in this Set
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history
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the systematic writen record of what people have done in the past. It depends on memory.
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Homnid
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a human like creature that walks on two feet in East Africa, over 3 millions years ago. Primate that is bipedal.
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Homo sapiens
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A modern variety of humans, the originator ofall people now living. "thinking man"
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Prehistory
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what happened to people in the period prior to writing
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culture
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the human-created part of the environment, the way of life of a distinct group of humans interacting with each other. Often associated with particular tools in pre history.
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civilization
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a complex, developed culture usually associated with specific achievements such as agriculture, urban life, specialized labor, and a system of writting.
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Archeology
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the study of prehistoric and/or historical cultures through examinations of their artifacts.(the study of origin)
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anthropology
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the science that studies humans as a species rather than studying a special aspect of their activity.
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Lascaux
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certain caves of souther france are famous for their life like portraits of animals in the late Paleolithic Age.
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Neanderthal Man
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flourished in western germany and then disapeared when homosapiens appeared in europe.
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Agricultural Revolution
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used to be called teh beginnigns of farming. a very slow revolution. went in hand with hunting and became complete when agriculture became the primary way of getting food.
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Diffusion theory
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knowledge of new techniques spreads through human contacts.
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mesopotamia
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present day iraq occupies the old " " and is now hard to farm with.
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Nile river
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world's longest river. life-giving source of everythign people needed and cherieshed.
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Indus River
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the beginnings of civilizations in india is traced to both sides of this river.
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yellow river
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oldest continuous civilization in world history. has unpredictable floods like tigris. "sorrow of china"
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Bronze age
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the period where the bronze art objects and bronze weapons predominated in a given part of the world.
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Hittites
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indo-european people who lived in modern-day turkey.
the first to smelt iron. |
