Ch. 1 Flashcards
flash cards (22 cards)
culture
the way in which people and groups react to their environment
diverse
diffrent
technology
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domesticate
to tame wild animals if cultivate for human use
surplus
and extra supy
prehistory
the period of time before systems of writing and language
archaeology
the study of the past cultures
archaeologist
the person who studies archeology
artifact
artifact something found from the past
glacier
a huge sheet of ice
migrate
to move from one place to another
agriculture
the raising of plants and animals for human use
bergina
a prehistoric land bridge that connected to Aisa and north america
ice age
ice age a period of time where glaciers covered great stretches of land
tassili an area in the north african country of Algeria
diverse different
stone age
period of time when people used stone for most of their items
clavis city
in new mexico were scientists found early human objects
new stone
age a time when people found metals to use instead of stone
skara bhrea
stone-built Neolithic settlement
chauvet
Cave in the Ardèche department of southern France is a cave that contains the earliest known and best preserved figurative cave paintings in the world
lascaux
setting of a complex of caves in southwestern France famous for its Paleolithic cave paintings.
altamira
a cave famouse painting that apper on a ceiling of a cave
tassili
an area in the north african country of Algeria
