Refers to a society's knowledge, art, beliefs, customs, and values

Objects that people in the past made or used, such as coins, pottery, and tools

Humans and early human-like beings that walked upright

The first part of the Stone Age; The Old Stone Age; it lasted from around 2.5 million years ago to around 10,000 years ago

People who moved from place to place as they followed migrating animals

People who hunted, fished, and gathered wild plants, berries, nuts and other foods

The belief that all things in nature have spirits

Historians refer to this as the shift to farming

The selective growing or breeding of plants and animals to make them more useful to humans

People who ranged over wide areas and kept herds of livestock on which they depended for food and other items

Huge stones, for burial or spiritual purposes

As people began to make items from bronze, the Stone Age gave way to a time period that scientists call the Bronze Age

The economic arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or job

Economic decisions are made based on custom, tradition, or ritual

A complex and organized society

Skilled craftspeople who devoted their time to crafts such as basketry, carpentry, metalwork, or pottery

The spread of ideas, beliefs, customs, skills and technologies

Hominids with larger brains than others who developed more sophisticated tools and shelters and eventually learned to create fire

The first of the great Athien pihilosophers. He was interested in broad concepts of human life, such as truth, justice, and virture.

One of Socrate's students; he became a great philospher in his own right. He left behind a great number of writings that he recorded his ideas about the nature of goodness and truth to the ideal goverment. His most famous work is the Republic

The third philosopher. He was very concerned with the nature of the world around his.

The post who wrote the two famous epic poems of Greek literature, the Illiad and the Odyssey.

The first major writer of history in Greece. In his most famous work, The Histories, he describes major events of wars, battles, and debates.

A major historian that lived in Athens who lived during the Peloponnesian War and wrote about it in detail.

Being 20 years old when he became king, he took over the kingdom after his father, Phillip II, was killed.

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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	Humans and early human-like beings that walked upright
Paleolithic Era	The first part of the Stone Age; The Old Stone Age; it lasted from around 2.5 million years ago to around 10,000 years ago
Nomads	People who moved from place to place as they followed migrating animals
Hunter-Gatherers	People who hunted, fished, and gathered wild plants, berries, nuts and other foods
Animism	The belief that all things in nature have spirits
Neolithic Era	New Stone Age
Neolithic Revolution	Historians refer to this as the shift to farming
Domestication	The selective growing or breeding 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	As people began to make items from bronze, the Stone Age gave way to a time period that scientists call the Bronze Age
Surplus	An excess amount of something
Division of Labor	The economic arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or job
Traditional Economy	Economic decisions are made based on custom, tradition, or ritual
Civilization	A complex and organized society
Artisans	Skilled craftspeople who devoted their time to crafts such as basketry, carpentry, metalwork, or pottery
Cultural Diffusion	The spread of ideas, beliefs, customs, skills and technologies
Homo Sapiens	Hominids with larger brains than others who developed more sophisticated tools and shelters and eventually learned to create fire
Socrates	The first of the great Athien pihilosophers. He was interested in broad concepts of human life, such as truth, justice, and virture.
Plato	One of Socrate's students; he became a great philospher in his own right. He left behind a great number of writings that he recorded his ideas about the nature of goodness and truth to the ideal goverment. His most famous work is the Republic
Aristole	The third philosopher. He was very concerned with the nature of the world around his.
Homer	The post who wrote the two famous epic poems of Greek literature, the Illiad and the Odyssey.
Herodotus	The first major writer of history in Greece. In his most famous work, The Histories, he describes major events of wars, battles, and debates.
Thucydides	A major historian that lived in Athens who lived during the Peloponnesian War and wrote about it in detail.
Alexander the Great	Being 20 years old when he became king, he took over the kingdom after his father, Phillip II, was killed.

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