World History Unit 2 Rise Of Man & Early Civilization

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Nomad

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Traveling people with no permanent home who usually follow sources of food and/or water.

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Fertile

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Capable of producing vegetation; abundantly productive.

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Resources

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A supply that can be readily drawn upon when needed.

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Polytheism

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Believing in more than one God.

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Revolution

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A sudden, complete, or marked change in something.

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Domesticate

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To tame animals & adapting crops for human use.

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Archaeologist

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A scientist who studies artifacts and fossils to better understand ancient history.

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Anthropologist

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A scientist who studies people's origins,

behavior, & physical, social, and cultural

development.

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Fossils

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Any remains or traces of a living thing of a

former geological age.

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Hominids

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Humans and early humans who walk alright;

believed to be the ancestors of humans.

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Metallurgy

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The technique of heating and working metals.

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Innovation

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Something new or different.

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Another name for the Paleolithic Era.

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The Old Stone Age

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How long the Paleolithic Era lasted.

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2.5 Million - 10 Thousand Years Ago

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People living in the Paleolithic Era.

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Hunter-Gatherer Nomads

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Tools of the Paleolithic people.

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Chipped Stone Tools

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The ideal number of people in a group.

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40

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Language of people in the Old Stone Age.

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Spoken Language NOT Written

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Tools of the Paleolithic people.

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Stone, Bone, and probably Wood

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The starting point of humanity.

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Africa

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Where Lucy was found.

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Ethiopia

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Lucy's finder.

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Donald Johanson & Maurice

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When Lucy was found.

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1974

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The age of Lucy's remains.

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3.2 Million Years

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When Neanderthal Man was found.

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August 1856

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How long ago Neanderthal Man lived.

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50 Thousand Years

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Charles Darwin's book on evolutionary theory.

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Origin of Species

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The species the Origin of Species left out.

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Humans

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What the Missing Link was believed to be.

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A singular species combining humans and apes.

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Time until the Missing Link's theory

dispersed among most.

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The 1960s

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The person credited for Piltdown Man.

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Charles Dawson

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What makes Piltdown Man important in history.

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He is a hoax.

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Why Piltdown Man was popular among

Europeans.

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It made Britain more significant in history.

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The person credited for Zinj.

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Louis and Mary Leakey.

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The time Zinj was found.

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1959

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Where Zinj was found.

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Tanzania

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The two skeletons found by the Leakeys.

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Homo Habillis & Zinj

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The meaning of Habillis.

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"Handy Man"

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When Homo Habillis was found.

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1960

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The person credited for Java Man.

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Eugéne Dubois

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Another place aside from Java Island Dubois looked.

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Sumatra

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The person credited for Taung Child.

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Raymond Dart

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The home of Raymond Dart.

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Australia

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The Great Migration in prehistory.

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The movement of ancient people out of Africa.

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The reason for the Great Migration.

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Food and water.

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What made the Ice Age significant for the Great Migration in prehistory.

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It caused the Beijing Strait to freeze over,

allowing travel.

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The most important land form in early

civilization.

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Rivers

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Another name for the Neolithic Era.

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The New Stone Age

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How long the Neolithic Era lasted.

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10 Thousand Years Ago

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People living in the Neolithic Era.

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Permanent Settlers

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Tools of the Neolithic people.

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Polished and grinded stone.

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What Neolithic people depended on.

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Domesticated plants and animals.

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Developments of Neolithic people.

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Pottery & Weaving

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The Era where the Agricultural Revolution took place.

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The Neolithic Era

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What happened during the Agricultural

Revolution.

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The Discovery of Farming

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The time it took for most groups of Neolithic people to fully rely on farming to survive.

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200 - 400 Years

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Side effects of the Agricultural Revolution

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Pop. Increase, Permanent Homes, Domestication, Land Ownership, Trade of Surplus Food, Government, Division of Labor, Slavery

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The effect of metallurgy on the Stone Age.

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The Stone Age ended and became the Bronze Age.

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Animism

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The belief that all things in nature have spirits.

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Two things Stone Age people were likely to

practice.

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Animism and Life after Death

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The reason farming caused government.

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Managing a growing population took a lot of planning, explaining this.

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The belief most rulers ruled under.

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The Belief Of Divine Right (The blessing of the God(s))