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43 Cards in this Set
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Define archaeologists |
Study bones and artifacts |
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Anthropologists |
Study culture |
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Paleontologists |
Study fossils |
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Who discovered footprints in Tanzania? |
Mary Leaky |
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Define Lascaux |
Famous discovery of cave paintings |
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Define the Paleolithic age |
Another name for the old stone age |
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Define artifacts |
Human made objects |
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What did the homo erectus do? |
Upright man,used intelligence to develop technology |
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What were Neanderthals ways of life? |
Powerful muscles thick bones Lived in caves,shelters made of wood and skin |
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What were the cro-Magnons? |
Physically identical to modern humans,better hunters than Neanderthals |
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Compare the lifestyles of hunters,gatherers,and farmers |
Hunters |
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What did the early modern humans create? |
Cave paintings,animal sculptures,rock engravings,and paintings |
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Define nomads |
Highly mobile people who moved from place to place searching for new food sources |
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What was another name for the Neolithic revolution? |
Agricultural revolution |
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What footprints belong to hominids? |
Lawtoli |
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What are slash and burn methods? |
Farmers cutting trees and burning them to lay the ashes on the soul and renewed growth after a few years |
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Define domestication |
The taming of animals in order to raise them as a constant source of food |
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Catal Huyuk was best known for what? |
It strong social organization |
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What are some of the causes of the agricultural revolution? |
-rising temps probably a key reason -constant supply of food led to population -longer growing season,drier land for wild grasses |
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What did the hunters tame for domestication? |
Horses,dogs,goats, and pigs |
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What led to the rise of civilizations? |
Prosperous farming villages,food surpluses,and new technology |
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As the economic changes what did the people do? |
Built irrigation systems to increase food productions,people developing new skills,invention of wheel and sail to enable traders to travel longer distances |
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What did the craftspeople trade with the traders? |
Cloth,objects for goods |
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What did advanced cities become? |
A center of trade |
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What are specialized workers? |
Labor becomes specialized |
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Who discovered Lucy and why was it named Lucy? |
Donald Johanson team and was named after the Beatles song "Lucy" |
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What kind of institutions were established? |
Governments, temples,etc |
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What was record keeping? |
Record keepers that would make cuneiforms |
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What kept the agricultural economy thriving? |
Food surpluses |
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What was life like in the city? |
Families live in small houses tightly packed near one another |
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Define ziggurat |
A pyramid shaped,tiered monument found in Ur |
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Define scribes |
Professional record keepers |
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Define cuneiform |
A system of writing invented in Sumer |
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Define the bronze age |
The time when people began using a mixture of copper and tin to shape tools and weapons |
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Define barter |
A way of trading goods and services without money |
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Define specialization |
The development of skills in a specific kind of work |
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What do anthropologists mean when they use the term culture? |
Peoples unique way of life |
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What are some common practices that a culture shares? |
Language ,food, clothing, religious beliefs |
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What are some examples of the social organization of a culture? |
Family,class and caste structure,government |
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From what institutions or groups in a society do individuals learn their cultures? |
Media,family,friends,workplace |
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Define technology |
Way of applying knowledge,tools,and inventions to meet human needs |
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Define hominids |
Humans and other creatures that walk upright |
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Define Homo sapiens |
Species name for modern humans |
