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chapter 1 (DTM)
vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Culture | refers to a society's knowledge, art beliefs, customs, and values |
| Artifacts | objects that people in the past made or used, such as coins, pottery, and tools |
| Hominid | an early human like being |
| Paleolithic | the first part of the stone age |
| Nomads | people in the stone who moved from place to place as they followed migrating animal herds |
| Hunter-Gathers | people who hunted, fished, and gathered wild plants, berries, nuts, and other foods |
| Animism | that belief that all things in nature have spirits |
| Neolithic Era | New stone age |
| Neolithic revolution | the shift to farming |
| domestication | the selective breeding or growing of plants and animals to make them more useful to humans |
| Pastoralists | people who ranged over wide areas and kept herds of livestock on which they depended for food and other items |
| Megaliths | huge stones for burial or spiritual purposes |
| Bronze Age | the period in time when objects were made from bronze |
| Division of Labor | the economic arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or job |
| Surplus | excess of food (villages could support larger populations) |
| Traditional Economy | economic decisions are made based on customs, tradition, or ritual |
| Civilization | is a complex and organized society |
| Artisans | skilled craftspeople |
| Cultural Diffusion | the spread of ideas, beliefs, customs, and technology from one culture to the another |
| Donald Johnanson | found a particular Australopithecine Skeleton |