First Exam Flashcards
(50 cards)
Prehistory
period of time before people invented a system of writing
What event marked the beginning of the recorded history?
About 5,000 years ago people in differ net parts of the world began to keep written records
Archaeologists
Scientists who find and analyze the physical remains left by early people
Artifacts
Objects made by human beings. Examples would be tools, weapons, clothing, jewelry, etc.
Anthropology
Study of humans and the societies they create
Technology
Refers to the skills and tools people use to meet their basic needs
Geography
Study of people, their environments and the resources available to them
Historians
People who study history
Paleolithic Age or Old Stone Age
Earliest period of human history
Where did the earliest people live?
East Africa
Where did there descendants migrate to?
North and east into Europe and Asia. Later reaching North and South America, Australia and the islands of the Pacific
Is the location the descendants migrated to an absolute fact?
No. It is the best theory we have so far
Describe The life of Paleolithic people
- lived in small hunting groups of about 20 to 30 people
- Nomadic, depended completely on their environment for survival
- Adapted to their surroundings and some developed a spoken language
- faced severe challenges from their environment
- animism
When did nomadic hunters learn to farm, and what was this period called?
11,000 years ago nomadic hunters learned to farm. This change, ushered in the New Stone Age or the Neolithic Age. No one knows exactly when or how people began planting seeds.
Neolithic Agricultural revolution
Enabled people to become food producers for the first time
Why did it lead to a growth in population?
Led to a growth in population because people could build permanent settlements, which turn into villages, which turn into cities.
Why did it lead to more interaction among human communities?
More people had to interact because They had to work cooperatively to clear land and create the water control systems needed for crop production.
What did they develop?
A new range of skills and tools
What led to the emergence of cities?
5,000 years ago a new stage of development,farming communities
What are the 8 features of a civilization?
- cities
- well organized central governments
- complex religions
- job specialization
- social classes
- arts and architecture
- public works
- writing
Specialization
The development of skills in a specific kind of work.
What was central feature of civilization
The rise of cities
What do cities need?
To maintain a steady food supply, produce large amounts of food and oversee irrigation projects, new forms of government arose
Who had the greatest power?
At first priests but in time warrior kings emerged as the chief power also.
