Social Studies 1 Flashcards

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Australopithecus afarensis Meaning

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Means - Southern Ape

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What were Australopithecus afarensis capabilities?

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They walked on two feet, they used their hands to

1) carry things
2) for defense.

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What was homo habilis’s name mean?

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“Handy man”

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Where did homo habilis live?

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Africa

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What where the homo habilis’s capabilities?

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1) of their capabilities were that they could make tools

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What does homo erectus’s name mean?

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Their name means “upright man”

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What Does homo sapien Neanderthal mean?

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Wise man and Neanderthal man

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Where did homo Sapien Neanderthal live?

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Africa, the near east, and Europe, and asia

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What where homo sapian neandercolensis capabilities

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One of their capabilities were making tools like spears and knives. They also cared for their community’s people like if one person gets sick the other one cares about he or she

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What is homo sapien sapiens scientific name?

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Homo sapien sapien

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What does homo sapian sapians name mean?

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Early modern human and doubty wise man

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Where did homo sapian sapians live?

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They lived in all continents

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What were homo sapian sapians capabilities?

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Their capabilities were to improve their toolmaking such as spears and bow and arrows. Their Tools Evolved.

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What were homo sapians able to do the other hominids could not?

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They could dream, draw pictures, and communicate

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15
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What Is a archeologists?

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It is a social scientist who study the past by examining objects and the remains people left behind.

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What are historians?

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They are social scientists who study records from the past. Thy study writing and documents that people left behind.

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What are geographers?

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They are social scientists that study natural features of the earth such as water, landforms, plants, and animals, they also look at human made features. Thy also create maps of what they have learned.

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What Is prehistory?

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It is a period of time before people began to write.

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What is archaeology?

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It is the study of things that earlier people left behind.

20
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What are artifacts?

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They are objects made by people, example art, clothing, and pottery, tools and weapons.

21
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What is a fossil?

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Remains, such as bones, of once living humans and animals, also preserved footprints. They can also tell us what the hominids looked like.

22
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What is a Theory?

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An accepted explanation.

23
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What does excavate mean?

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To dig up the scientists divide the sites into areas to keep track were the evidence come from.

24
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What is hominid?

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It is a human and species with human like species.

25
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What is the Paleolithic era?

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It is the Stone Age and began 2.5 million years ago and ended 10000 year ago

26
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What does migrate mean?

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To move from one place to another.

27
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What are the continents?

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North America, South America, Africa,Asia,Europe,antartica, Australia,

28
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What are the oceans?

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Artic,Indian,Atlantic,pacific,and southern ocean.

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Who are scholars who study human society?

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Social scientists

30
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When are historians most interested in the past? (In years)

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Few thousand years when people leave written records

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How do we learn about the past?

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Through scientific study