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Prehistory

History SOL review

DefinitionTerm
Period of time before written history Prehistory
Study of past people and cultures through material remains Archeology
An object made by and used in the past Artifact
Animal or plant remains that have been turned to stone over time Fossil
Scientific method used to tell the age of an artifact by measuring the amount of radioactive carbon in it Carbon-14 dating
The group of hominids to which modern humans belong Homo sapiens
2 Million BC to 10,000 BC Paleolithic Era
paintings usually of animals, made by Paleolithic people; some were found in Lascaux, France Cave art
people who move from place to place to find food Nomads
people who live by hunting and gathering food, typically nomadic Hunter-gatherer
a.k.a. the New Stone Age; began about 10,000 BC Neolithic age
raise plants and animals in a controlled way that makes them suitable for human use Domesticate
the raising of crops for food; signifies the beginning of the Neolithic Age Agriculture
The time when human beings first farmed plants and domesticated animals and no longer relied on hunting and gathering Agricultural revolution
the continent where humans first originated Africa
the earth's line of zero degrees longitude; lines measure east to west Prime meridian
the earth's line of zero degrees latitude; lines measure north to south Equator
Movement, Region, Human-Environment Interaction, Location, Place (MR. HELP) Five themes of geography
lines that run East to West; measure North to South; an example the Tropic of Cancer Latitude
lines that run North to South; Measures East to West. Example: Prime Meridian Longitude
human traits: lived in clans; created cave art; made simple stone/bone/wood tools; used fire; nomadic, oral language. Paleolithic humans
human traits: lived in permanent settlements; created pottery; advanced tools; domesticated animals & domesticated plants (agriculture/farming) & weaving skills. Neolithic humans
an archaeological site in England that was begun during the Neolithic Age and completed during the Bronze Age Stonehenge
Period after the Copper Age, but prior to the Iron Age. Bronze age
Large early Neolithic site in southern Anatolia (modern day Turkey) on Asia Minor. Catalhoyuk
Two cities in the Fertile Crescent that have been excavated by archaeologists because of their Bronze Age development. Aleppo and Jericho
The spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one people to another. cultural diffusion
Larger brain, smaller face Homo habilis
Oldest known species to hold a modern humans body Homo erectus
Species that lived in Eurasia, Cave men Neandrathal
First modern humans to settle in Europe Cro-magnon
Tanzania, found oldest human remains Olduval gorge
a scientist who studies past peoples and cultures by excavating and examining material remains Archaeologists
study the culture and characteristics of living or past civilizations throughout the world. Anthropologists
a scientist who studies the history of life on Earth through the fossil record. Paleontologist
Louis and Mary Leakey found stone tools in Olduval gorge Louis and Mary Leakey
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