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Snell: Chapter 1

Sections 1, 2 & 3 Review

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Geography the study of people, their environments and the resources available to them.
Anthropology scholars began studying their origins and development of people and their society.
Culture refers to the way of life of a society that is handed down from one generation to the next by learning and experience.
Archaeology the study of past people and culture.
Artifacts objects made by human beings
Latitude measured distance North and South of the equator.
Longitude measured distance East and West of the Prime Meridian.
Technology refers to the skills and tools people use to meet their basic needs.
Prehistory refers to the long period of time before people invented systems of writing.
How did modern technology help current Archaeologists during a dig? Archaeologists used areal maps and metal detectors in order to determine where to dig.
What are the 5 themes of Geography? 1. Location 2. Place 3. Human- Environment Interaction 4. Movement 5. Region
What kinds of evidence do historians use to study the past? What is the risk in using this evidence? Historians use written evidence to study the past. The problem with written evidence is that there might be several documentations of one event and they might all be different. Written evidence is not always accurate.
What are 2 examples of how people interact with their environment? 1. People moved close to water sources in order to be able to dig trenches for farm irrigation. 2. Hunted for food and made clothing
Glacier large, thick sheet of ice that covered Asia, Europe and North America during the ice age.
Neolithic Age New Stone Age; 11,000 years ago early people began settling in one place.
Nomad person who moves from place to place in search of food; game animals and fruit.
Paleolithic Age Old Stone Age; 2 million B.C- 10,000 B.C was the time period in which the first tool marks were dated back to.
Domesticate to tame animals that they used to hunt for food.
Animism belief that spirits and forces may live in animals, objects and dreams.
How did Paleolithic people learn to adapt to their environment? During the Paleolithic Age: -Men hunted; Women gathered -Made tools/ weapons with materials at hand(bones, sticks, etc) -Built fires -Made clothing -Developed a spoken language
What were the key features of the Neolithic agricultural revolution? How did it change peoples lives? In the Neolithic agricultural revolution: people no longer had to move around(foods) population growth became possible;gender roles changed;governments were formed;warfare increased;people aquired more personal belongings;new technologies(calendars).
Civilization a complex highly organized social order.
Artisan skilled crafts workers.
City- State political unit that included a city and its surrounding lands and villages.
Cultural Diffusion the spread of ideas, customs and technologies from one people to another.
Empire a group of states or territories controlled by one ruler.
Pictograms simple drawings that look like the objects that they represented.
Polytheistic the belief in many gods.
Steppes less fertile lands, or on sparse grasslands.
How did conditions in some river valleys favor the rise of early civilizations? During a flood silt got spread across the farm land of river valleys replenishing the minerals that were taken away from the previous growing season. This made the river valleys very fertile and good for growing crops.
What was a scribe? Why weren't women allowed to become one? A scribe is a specially trained person who learned to read and write. Women were unable to become scribes -men were afraid of what women might do with the ability to read and write -women had smaller heads so they weren't smart enough to be a scribe.
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