Sats — World History (Unit 1 - 2)

Front 1

What is Pre-history

Back 1

the period of time before written records.

Front 2

Definition of :

1. Paleontologists
2. Archaeologists
3. Anthropologists

Back 2

1. Scientists who study the fossils of plants

2. Scientists who study the remains of ancient people

3. Scientists who study physical and cultural characteristics of people

Front 3

Anthropologists uses methods like 1. ________ and 2. ________ to determine the age of the object/sample. Describe what it means.

Back 3

1. Carbon 14 dating : measures the amount of radioactive carbon left in an object as all objects. We(animal and plants) absorb and maintain a certain percentage of carbon- 14 atoms in our bodies. As we die, we will slowly lose them at a specific rate.

2. Accelerator mass spectrometry : Counts carbon 14 atoms directly and counts smaller fossil samples.

Front 4

1. When did the Chinese begun farming along the Yellow River?

2. What was the first cultivated crop in China?

Back 4

1. 7000 B.C.E

2. Millet

Front 5

What was the First Cultivated Maize ?

Back 5

Tehuancan Valley (Mexico)

Front 6

Examples of root crops

Back 6

manioc, taro, yam, cassava

Front 7

Results of Agricultural Revolution

Back 7

1. Population increased from 2 million in Paleolithic to 60/70 million in Neolithic

2. Increase in trade and mechanism

3. Settled communities

Front 8

Define Paleolithic age and its features

Back 8

• The Paleolithic Era (or Old Stone Age) is a period of prehistory from about 2.6 million years ago to around 10000 years ago.
• there were more than one human species but only one survived until the Neolithic era.
• Paleolithic humans lived a nomadic lifestyle in small groups.
• used primitive stone tools and their survival depended heavily on their environment and climate.

Front 9

Define Neolithic age and its features

Back 9

• The Neolithic Era(or New Stone Age) began around 10,000 BC and ended between 4500 and 2000 BC in various parts of the world.
• Neolithic humans discovered agriculture and animal husbandry, which allowed them to settle down in one area. The Mesolithic era followed the Paleolithic era but the period of the Paleolithic—Mesolithic boundary varies by geography by as much as several thousand years.

Front 10

Name the current cities of these early communities:

1. Jarmo
2. Jericho
3. Catal Huyuk
4. Banpo
5. Tehuancan

Back 10

1. Iraq
2. Jordan
3. Turkey
4. China
5. Mexico

Front 11

What was the physical advantage for humans living in groups ?

Back 11

Speech

Front 12

Definition of Civilization and its ____ features

1. Political
2. Social
3. Infrastructure
4. Spiritual
5. Education/Cultural
6. Economic

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