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35 Cards in this Set
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Artifact |
Human made objects such as tools and jewelry. |
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Culture |
A People's unique way of life. |
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Hominid |
Humans and other creatures that walk upright. |
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Paleolithic Age |
A period of time, also known as the Old Stone Age, that lasted from about 2.5 million yr. to 8000 B.C. |
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Neolithic Age |
A period of time, also known as the New Stone Age. People during this time learned to polish stone tools, make pottery, grow crops, and raise animals. |
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Technology |
The way that people use knowledge, tools, and inventions to meet their needs. |
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Homo Sapiens |
The name for modern humans that means "Wise Men". |
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Nomad |
A highly mobile people group who move from place to place foraging, or searching, for new sources of food. |
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Hunter-Gatherer |
Nomadic groups whose food supply depends on hunting animals and collecting plants for food. |
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Artisan |
Skilled workers who make goods by hand. |
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Institution |
A long-lasting pattern of organization in a community such as government, and religion. |
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Scribe |
These were professional record keepers. |
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Cuneiform |
Meaning wedge-shaped, this was a form of writing developed by Sumerian scribes which used pictographs, or symbols, to show the meaning of a word. |
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Bronze Age |
This period started in Sumer around 3000 B.C. when people started to use bronze to make weapons instead of stone and copper. |
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Barter |
A way of trading goods and services without using money. |
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Ziggurat |
A tiered, pyramid shaped temple, used as a place of religious worship. The word means "Mountain of God". |
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Homo Erectus |
Meaning 'upright man', these human like creatures lived about 1.6 million years ago. They are believed to have developed technology, used fire, and had a spoken language. |
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Catal Huyuk |
This site is believed to be one of the oldest settlements in the world. The people, who lived here around 72,000 years ago, in the Neolithic age, were farmers lived in mud brick houses. |
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Ur |
This was a thriving city-state, in the region of Sumer. The people of this city had a class system, religious orders, and a thriving economy. |
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Homo Habilis |
Meaning 'Man of Skill'. Remains of these people were found in Oldavai Gorge, in Tanzania, by Louis and Mary Leakey. |
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Prehistoric |
This was a time period around 5000 years ago, before writing was invented. |
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Lucy |
This was the adult skeleton of a female Hominid, discovered by Donald Johnson, in Ethiopie. She was named after the Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds".` |
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Irrigation |
The process by which water is diverted from streams and other bodies of water, in order to water crops. |
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Leakey's |
A husband and wife team of Anthropologists who made many of the greatest discoveries about early man. |
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Shanidar Cave |
A cave found in Eastern Iraq, in which it is believed a funeral was held 60,000 years ago by a group of Neanderthals. |
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Neanderthal |
These Human like people are believed to have lived around 200,000 to 30,000 years ago, when they mysteriously vanished. These people were supposedly very intelligent, and strong, with religious beliefs, and rituals. |
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Cro-Magnon |
These people, who are identical to modern humans appeared around 40,000 years ago. They had new tools, planned hunts, and appear to have migrated from Northern Africa to Asia and Europe. |
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Australopithecines |
Any hominid that walked upright. |
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Olduvai Gorge |
The first bones of Homo Habilis were found here by Louis and Mary Leakey in the 1960's. |
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Ice Man |
This Stone Age man, called Otsi, was found frozen in the Italian Alps and is believed to have died there around 5,000 years ago. He has given scientist a new insight in the early age of man. |
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Neolithic Revolution |
Also known as the Agricultural Revolution, when people went from hunting and gathering for their food to farming. |
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Slash-and-Burn Farming |
When people cut down trees or grasses and burned them in order to clear land for farming. |
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Domestication |
The taming of wild animals such as horses, dogs, and pigs, for human use. |
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Civilization |
A complex culture with five characteristics; 1) Advanced Cities, 2) Specialized Workers, 3) Complex Institutions, 4) Record Keeping, and 5) Advanced Technology. |
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Specialization |
The development of skills in a specific kind of work. |