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Flannery RiverValley
Pre AP World History River Valley vocab for Flannery
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| define artifacts | remains such as tools,jewelry, and other human-made objects |
| define culture | people's unique way of life |
| define hominid | humans and other creatures that walk upright i.e.- Austalopithecus |
| define paleolithic age | (old stone age) stone tools, fire, cave art |
| define neolithic age | (new stone age) agriculture, domesticated animals, advanced tools |
| define technology | ways of appyling knowledge, tools, and inventions to meet people's needs |
| define homo-sapiens | modern humans (wise man) |
| define nomads | people who wander from place to place-usually looking for food |
| define hunter-gatherer | people who hunt and gather |
| define neolithic revolution | a change from hunting and gathering to farming |
| define slash & burn farming | cutting the trees and grass and burning them to clear a field |
| define domestication | taming of wild animals |
| define civilization | complex culture with five characteristics: specialized workers, advanced cities,complex institutions, record keeping, advand technology |
| specialization | the development of skills in a specific kind of work |
| artisans | skilled workers who make goods by hand |
| institutions | a long lasting pattern of organization in a community |
| scribes | professional record keepers |
| bronze age | time when humans began using bronze to make weaponsand tools (combo ofcopper and tin) |
| barter | to trade |