Global- Chap 1 Flashcards
(20 cards)
Prehistory
A period in time where there were no written records
Hominids
Creatures that walk upright with two legs
Archeology
Study of human history and prehistory
The Leakey Family
- search for remains of prehistoric humans in East Africa
- found a fossil of homo habilis and footprints of Lucy
Lucy
- Complete skeleton of an adult female Australopithecus
- fossil found by Johanson
Homo habilis
- made and used stone tools
- “handy man”
Homo Erectus
- developed technology, created better tools, skilled hunters
- USED FIRE
- moved out of Africa
Homo Sapien
Modern day humans
Paleolithic Age
- prehistoric age that lasted from 2.5 million to 8 thousand BC
- “old Stone Age”
Neanderthals
- Developed religion and performed rituals
- understood death
Australopithecines
- walked upright
- opposable thumbs
- 4 million years ago
Cro Magon
- almost identical to modern humans
- planned hunt
The Lascaux and Altamira cave art
Contains more than 600 painted animals and symbols
Hunter gatherers
Nomadic group whose food supply depends on hunting animals and collecting plant
Agricultural Revolution
- Neolithic Revolution
- beginning of farming
Catal Huyuk
- Agricultural village in south central Turkey
- near two coned volcanoes
- one of the first civilizations to show benefits of settled life
- used obsidian to make tools
Bronze Age
- started in Sumer
- people began using bronze instead of copper and stone
Cuneiform
Form of writing invented by Sumerian scribes
Ziggurat
- massive religious tiered structure that resembled pyramids in he center of cities
- where priests conduct rituals to worship gods
Ur
- earliest Sumerian city on Euphrates River
- well defined classes, agricultural economy, irrigation, and road systems
