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18 Cards in this Set
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What are the 5 themes of Geography
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1. Places
2. Human Environmental Interactions 3. Region 4. Movement 5. Location |
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Who is the oldest human found in Africa.
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Lucy (Lucy in the Sky of Diamonds)
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Hominid
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Any human creature that walks upright
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Paleolithic Age
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Old Stone Age
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Neolithic Age
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New Stone Age
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Technology
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using skills and ideas to improve life
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homo sapiens
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modern form of humans
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Nomads
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people who didnt belong to a particular tribe and wandered looking for food + shelter
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Hunter/gatherer
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people who went out and either followed a herd of animals for food or went gathering for plants to eat
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domestication
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the taming of wild animals for human use
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institution
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a long-lasting pattern of organization in a community
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civilization
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a complex culture with 5 characteristics
1. advanced cities 2. specialized workers 3. complex institutions 4. record keeping 5. advanced technology |
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barter
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exchange of goods not using money but by trading
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What clues do bones, artifacts, and fossils give us about early people?
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they tell us how people lived, what they looked like, how intelligent they were, and possibly how they died
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What factors played a role in the origins of agriculture
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The factors could have possibly been global warming (longer warming seasons), or the need for more food
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What role did irrigation systems play in the development of civilizations
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Irrigation systems allowed civilizations to grow because it allowed people to start to specialize in certain jobs = inventions = led to social classes, language, trading, power etc.
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How did Ur's agrgicultural way of life foster the development of civilizations there?
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With the development of irrigation systems- > there was a surplus of food which allowed people to start to specialize in certain jobs - leading to social classes + complex institution (e.g. govnt, social classes, temples, etc.)
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The five themes of geography are ...
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1. Places- indicates what an area looks like- physical + human forms
2. Human Environmental Interactions- human interactions cause population 3. Region- area with common characteristics 4. Movement- transfer of people, goods, and ideas from one place to another 5. Location- where in the world a certain area is |
