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World History
Ch.1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Artifacts | human-made objects, such as tools or jewelry |
| Culture | a people's unique way of life |
| technology | ways of applying knowledge, tools, and inventions to meet needs or wants |
| Homo Sapiens | "wise men", the species name for modern humans |
| fossils | evidence of earlier life preserved in rocks |
| nomads | highly mobile people who went from place to place foraging, or searching, for new sources of food. |
| Artifacts | human-made objects, such as tools or jewelry |
| Culture | a people's unique way of life |
| technology | ways of applying knowledge, tools, and inventions to meet needs or wants |
| Homo Sapiens | "wise men", the species name for modern humans |
| fossils | evidence of earlier life preserved in rocks |
| nomads | highly mobile people who went from place to place foraging, or searching, for new sources of food. |
| Neolithic Revolution | agricultural revolution - the far-reaching changes in human life resulting from the beginnings of farming |
| domestication | taming of animals |
| Civilization | complex culture with 5 characteristics, 1) advanced cities, 2) specialized workers, 3)complex institutions, 4)record keeping, 5)advanced technology. |
| artisans | skilled workers who make goods by hand |
| cuneiform | "wedge-shaped" Sumarian writing consisting of pictographs, or symbols. |
| Bronze Age | time when paople began using bronze, rather than copper or stone. |
| barter | trading goods or services without money |
| scribes | professional record keepers |
| hunter-gatherers | nomadic groups whose food supply depends on hunting animals and collecting plant food |