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The First People
History
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Archeology | The study of the ancient and recent past through what people leave behind |
| Monotheism | Belief in one god |
| Polytheism | Belief in more than one god |
| Atheism | Rejection of any god; gods do not exist |
| Genocide | Systematic murder of a large group of people who belong to a special race, political or cultural group. |
| Religion | An organized system of beliefs used to worship a god or group of gods as well as to explain the cause and nature of the universe |
| Karma | What goes around comes around |
| Reincarnation | the belief that the soul, upon death of the body, comes back to earth in another body or form. |
| Samsara | (Hinduism) the endless cycle of birth, death, and rebirth. (Buddhism) the transmigration or rebirth of a person |
| Urban | Having the characteristics of a city or town |
| Agriculture | Practice of farming, cultivating soil, producing crops, and raising livestock. |
| Civilization | Advanced stat of human society that possesses culture, science, government and industry. |
| Nomad | People who move from place to place instead of having a permanent residence |
| Prehistory | human history in the period before recorded events, known mainly through archaeological discoveries, study, research, etc. |
| Antiquity | Ancient times or ancient past |
| Artifact | Objects created by and used by humans |
| Fossil | A part of an imprint of something that was once alive |
| History | The study of the past |
| Lived in the prehistoric era | Humans |
| Early ancestors of humans | Hominids |
| 1st hominid bones discovered in | 1959 |
| In 1974___________was discovered | “Lucy” |
| Lived more than _________years ago | 3 million |
| Bones showed she walked | on two legs |
| Roamed eastern | Africa |
| Not a tree | dweller |
| Found in 1991 | Neolithic man |
| Lived between | 3350 BC and 3100 BC |
| Provided insight in daily life | Clothing and weapons |
| Form of combat used | Hand –to-Hand |
| What kind of metal used | Copper was used |
| Earliest tools found in | Tanzania, Africa |
| Age of earliest tools found | 2.6 millions years old |
| Tools were mostly used to | process food,cut food,rake meat off of bones |
| Overtime tools advanced | Hand Ax,started using flint – sharper an easier to mold,spears |
| B.C. | Before Christ-all years before the 1st century-count backwards |
| A.D. | After Death - all years from 1 and forward |
| B.C.E. | Before Common Era |
| A.C.E. | After Common Era |
| He focused on the solar year | Julius Ceasar |
| Hominids | Over 4 million years ago |
| Lucy | Small brain, ape-like features, walked upright on two feet. |
| Homoerectus | 200,000 years ago, brain enlarged, more use of arm & hands, slow rise of speech, and ability to invent symbols |
| Homosapiens | 100,000 years ago, Modern humans, lived in Africa, devised better ways to hunt & eat, large brains. |
| Name 3 human advancement | Speech primitive grants, hand movements, belief in afterlife-early burial practices |
| Cave paintings | Earliest date back 12,000 years ago. Shows aspects of early society, engraved or painted |
| Floors, walls and ceilings of caves may have been made by | Neanderthals |
| Ice Age & Migration | Began 2 million years ago, Tundra, land was locked in ice, seas lowered, created land bridges. |
| The development of the calendar | Extended to 365 days, 5, hours and 48 minutes. |
| Leap year | created every 4 years |
| What resulted in population across the earth and allowed continents to be inhabited . | Ice Age & Migration |
| When ice melted about 10,000 years ago | If left people stranded as the sea levels rose. |
| Nomadic societies | Moved to where climate and hunting was favorable. |
| Who lived in caves or rock shelters | Nomadic societies |
| Until 10,000 - 12,000 years ago | Hunting & Gathering societies reigned |
| Where did the future lie for the Nomadic societies | Farming and flock-keeping |
| Where did the Nomadic societies settle | Where the land and games were plentiful |
| What animals were easily domesticated | Sheep, goats and cattle |
| What lead to villages | Camps |
| Name 6 characteristics of civilization | Complex way of life, urban settlements, agriculture, centers of population, unique architecture and written language. |
| What does archaeology do | explores places where people lived, places where people fought, buildings, examine jewelry, dishes, weapons |
| Why is archaeology important | Help to understand history, explains past cultures, show the record of combined human effort, uncovers fossils, artifacts, explains time periods before written words. |
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