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41 Cards in this Set
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Archeologist
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scientist who studies the life and culture of ancient people by excavating ancient living sites
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Anthropologist
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scientist who studies past humans pre-human civilization
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Paleontologist
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they study of forms of life existing in prehistoric times as represented by fossils
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Prehistory
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history of humankind in the period before recorded history
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Radio Carbon Dating
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a technique to determine age of fossil
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Artifact
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objects shaped by human hands, also remains of human life
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Culture
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the ideas, customs, skills, and arts of a given people at a given time
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Technology
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: the skills and useful knowledge available to them for collecting material and making objects necessary for survival
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Primitive
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earliest or original stage/state
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Civilized
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to raise from primitive, come out of primitive stage/ state
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Primary Source
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a firsthand account of an event
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Secondary Source
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a secondhand account of an even, such as stories passed down.
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Paleolithic
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Old stone age
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mesolithic
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middle stone age
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neolithic
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new stone age
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homo habilis
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pereson with ability
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homo erectus
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person who walks upright
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homo sapiens
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person who thinks
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government
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need for law and order
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economy
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the ways man uses his enviornment to meet his material needs (food, shelter, and clothing)
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religion
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the need for shared beliefs
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family
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need to care for and raise children
+ social standings in society |
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language. self expression
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need for communication
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nile is in?
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egypt
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yellow is in
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china
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tigris-euphrates is in
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iraq/mesopatamia
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indus is in
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india
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artisan
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a speacilized crafts person
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cultural diffusion
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the exchange of ideas, knowledge, skills, and customs amongst different civilizations
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agricultural surplus
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an excess amount of food
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division of labor
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the different roles a person plays in work
men/women |
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event
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all inclusive, everything is in it, big, happens once and is gone, no long seen, invisible, caused by many things
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account
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selective, things left out of the account, smaller, can be used in the present, visible, created by someone, shows someones perspective
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what helps in shaping an account
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- ethnocentrism (judging people)
--skills -talent -experiences -point of view--> values -materials and tools -knowldge and ideas -importance -purpose and use -time and space |
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homo habilis...
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- crude stone tools
-limited language -food gathering and scavenging |
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homo erectus....
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-hand-axes and other flaked stone tools
-caves used and pits dug -hand-axes and other flaked stone tools language -nomadic bands -hunting-gathering |
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2 types of homo sapiens
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neandrathal and cro-magnon
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neandrathal.....
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-spear points and hide scrapers
-shelters built or caves improved -skins laced for clothing -planned burials of dead -care for handicapped members of community |
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cro-magnon
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-knives, chisel, spear thrower, bow, and arrow
-bone tools; needle, fish hook, harpoon -fish nets, canoes -sewed leather clothing -sun-hardened pottery -cooperative big game hunts -status burials for leaders -possible magic rituals with cave painting and cared sculpted artifacts |
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Paleolithic people are
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homo habilis, homo erectus, and homo sapiens (neandrathals and cromagnon)
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Neolithic accomplishments
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-irrigation systems
-specialization of labor -metalworking technology -long distance trade- -planning leadership - levels of social standing - invention of writing |
