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Chapter 1: Pre-History Flashcards

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What is anthropology?

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The study of human cultures, whether past or present

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What is pre-history?

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The period before writing

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What are fossils?

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human or animal bones in rock

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What are artifacts?

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materials or objects made by humans

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What are archaeologists?

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people who excavate settlements and study them (subfield of anthropology)

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What is culture?

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what a human group acquires through living together. Includes language, knowledge, art, skills, literature, law, and lifestyles

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How do you uncover archaeological evidence?

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Three part task:

  1. find a site
  2. uncover site
  3. analyze
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How do you date artifacts?

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  1. radiocarbon

2. looking at layers

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What do the 2 methods of dating artifacts ACTUALLY do?

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Help make educated guesses, since precisely dating an artifact is impossible.

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What is a homonid?

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Early human-like creature

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What were some innovations of the Paleolithic Age?

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  1. hand-axes/sharpened tools
  2. consumption of meat
  3. becoming bi-pedal (walking)
  4. use of fire
  5. basic form of communication
  6. cave-living
  7. burial/some form of belief
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What were the five levels of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs?

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  1. Physiologic Needs
  2. Safety Needs
  3. Social Needs
  4. Esteem Needs
  5. Self-Actualization (achieved by very few)
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What were some innovations of the Mesolithic Age?

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  1. fish hooks
  2. domestication of animals
  3. harpoons
  4. canoes
  5. people became herders
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Why was herding useful?

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Early humans then had access to food that wouldn’t run away and wouldn’t attack them. Additionally, animal waste was useful for fire fuel. Animals were also capable of carrying things for nomadic humans.

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What was significant about the Neolithic Age?

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There was a gradual shift from nomadic living to becoming settled and stationary. This led to early communities and civilizations.

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What were some innovations of the Neolithic Age?

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  1. pottery
  2. artisans
  3. village settlements
  4. division of labor
  5. wheel
  6. bartering/trading
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What were the 3 ages, based on metal-type?

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  1. Copper Age
  2. Bronze Age (4,000-1,000 B.C)
  3. Iron Age (1,000 B.C-today)
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Can history be studied scientifically?

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Yes, using the scientific method. (OHEC)

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What forces cause history to move?

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GRAPES of culture

  1. geography/natural occurrences
  2. religion
  3. arts/literature
  4. political
  5. economic
  6. social
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What are the basic human activities needed to survive?

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  1. political
  2. economic
  3. religious
  4. social
  5. intellectual
  6. artistic
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What are characteristics of a civilization?

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  1. social organization
  2. economics
  3. complex institutions of government
  4. organized religion
  5. language
  6. customs/tradition
  7. arts/literature
  8. advanced technology
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How do ideas spread?

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  1. imitation
  2. trade
  3. migration
  4. war
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What is the fastest way by which ideas spread?

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war

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What is a scribe?

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Someone who specializes in writing and record-keeping

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What is cultural diffusion?

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the slow spread of ideas from one place to another

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What are types of writing?

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  1. pictogram
  2. ideogram
  3. phonogram
  4. alphabet
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How does family affect a person or civilization as a whole?

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Provides:

  1. security
  2. recreation
  3. reproduction
  4. religion/beliefs
  5. affection
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Why is religion important?

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Provides moral and ethical values

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Is history factual?

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Not completely. Much of it is interpretation and speculation based on evidence

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In which country are the Lascaux Cave paintings founds?

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France

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What are the four great river valley civilizations?

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  1. Yellow
  2. Nile
  3. Tigris
  4. Euphrates
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How does culture become a civilization?

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When it becomes very complex

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How are the 3 stone ages distinguished?

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By a new level of sophistication in tools and other artifacts

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Who were the Neanderthals?

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Early humans who lived during the Paleolithic (old) stone age

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What is the Neolithic Revolution?

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the shift from food gathering to food production

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