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Chapter 1 Review
Review, History
Term | Definition |
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Anthropology | study of human life and culture |
Homo sapiens | "wise human" |
Systematic Agriculture | growing and storing food |
Archeology | the study of past societies and artifacts |
Artifacts | items that past societies have left behind |
Paleolithic | "old stone" |
Neolithic | "new stone" |
Radiocarbon dating | objects age by measuring the amount of carbon it contains |
Prehistory | period of history before writing |
Domestication | taming animals for personal use |
Jericho | present day Israel/Palestine, neolithic farming village, first community |
Paleolithic people were nomads because- | they had no choice but to follow animal migrations and vegetation cycles (follow your food) |
First humans to use fire- | were the homo erectus |
Characteristics of a civilization- | cities, government, religion, social structure, writing, art, work force, public works |