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Unit 1 Fowler

QuestionAnswer
Agrarian
What someone with a social or political belief that places importance on the ethical superiority of a rural life based on farming
When belief arose during the Neolithic Age when the first agriculturalists appeared
Where started in the Middle East around the Fertile Crescent and spread all over the world
Why it set the climate for the beginning of civilization and gave rise to industrial societies in the 17th and 18th centuries
Australopithecus (Latin Southern Ape)
What group extinct creatures who are closely related to, if not ancestors of modern human beings
Who Lucy is the most famous Australopithecus preserved fossilized skeleton from Ethiopia that has been dated to 3.2 mya.
When during the Neogene period
Where known from a series of fossils found at numerous sites in eastern, central, and southern Africa.
Why As characterized by the fossil evidence, they bore a combination of human- and apelike traits. Like humans, they were bipedal (that is, they walked on two legs), but, like apes, they had small brains. Their canine teeth were small like those of humans,
Assyrians
What people of the kingdom of Assyria
Who series of strong Assyrian kings—among them Tiglath-pileser III, Sargon II, Sennacherib, and Esarhaddon—united most of the Middle East
When height of power- 14th century (when it became an independent state) to 1208 B.C.E.
Where from northern Mesopotamia (what is now Iraq and southeastern Turkey)
Why started a new period of expansion in the 9th century B.C.E., their kings united the Middle East form 8th to 7th century B.C.E., famous for their cruelty and fighting ability, the Assyrians were also monumental builders, as shown by archaeological sites
Beringia
What land bridge which joined present-day Alaska and eastern Siberia
Who my have been used by Native Americans
When various times during the Ice Age in the Paleolithic time period
Where see “what” above
Why mammoth hunters moved across the inner regions of North America from Beringia, may possibly be how the Native Americans arrived
Bipedalism
What a form of terrestrial locomotion where an organism moves by means of its two rear limbs, or legs.
Who basic possession of the order Primates, possibly (debated) Australopithecines (the may have used their knuckles), modern humans and some ancestors
When the attainment of bipedalism has long been a matter of controversy, and the question has not yet been resolved, it is likely that the evolution of the human gait took place gradually over a period of 10 million years or so.
Where debated origins
Why important characteristic because it is a means of traveling during which the energy output of the body is reduced to a physiological minimum by the smooth, undulating flow of the progression.
Hierarchy
What a form of animal social structure in which a linear or nearly linear ranking exists, with each animal dominant over those below it and submissive to those above it in the hierarchy.
Who/Where shaped in the Middle East first as the result of agriculture which initiated civilization.
When increased among humans during the Neolithic time period.
Why civilization created hierarchy and more inequalities as a result of different rankings of specialized jobs within the civilization and the perspective that civilized people are superior to uncivilized societies. (Ex
Theocracy
What government by divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided. In many theocracies, government leaders are members of the clergy, and the state's legal system is based on religious law
Who early ones included the Egyptians, Hebrews, Tibetans, Maya, Toltec, Aztecs, and the Natchez.
When/Where typical of early civilizations, The Enlightenment marked the end of theocracy in most Western countries. Modern examples of theocracies include Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Vatican.
Why a unique type of government that has caused many religious conflicts over the years
Agrarian
What someone with a social or political belief that places importance on the ethical superiority of a rural life based on farming
When belief arose during the Neolithic Age when the first agriculturalists appeared
Where started in the Middle East around the Fertile Crescent and spread all over the world
Why it set the climate for the beginning of civilization and gave rise to industrial societies in the 17th and 18th centuries
Australopithecus (Latin Southern Ape)
What group extinct creatures who are closely related to, if not ancestors of modern human beings
Who Lucy is the most famous Australopithecus preserved fossilized skeleton from Ethiopia that has been dated to 3.2 mya.
When during the Neogene period
Where known from a series of fossils found at numerous sites in eastern, central, and southern Africa.
Why As characterized by the fossil evidence, they bore a combination of human- and apelike traits. Like humans, they were bipedal (that is, they walked on two legs), but, like apes, they had small brains. Their canine teeth were small like those of humans,
Assyrians
What people of the kingdom of Assyria
Who series of strong Assyrian kings—among them Tiglath-pileser III, Sargon II, Sennacherib, and Esarhaddon—united most of the Middle East
When height of power- 14th century (when it became an independent state) to 1208 B.C.E.
Where from northern Mesopotamia (what is now Iraq and southeastern Turkey)
Why started a new period of expansion in the 9th century B.C.E., their kings united the Middle East form 8th to 7th century B.C.E., famous for their cruelty and fighting ability, the Assyrians were also monumental builders, as shown by archaeological sites
Beringia
What land bridge which joined present-day Alaska and eastern Siberia
Who my have been used by Native Americans
When various times during the Ice Age in the Paleolithic time period
Where see “what” above
Why mammoth hunters moved across the inner regions of North America from Beringia, may possibly be how the Native Americans arrived
Bipedalism
What a form of terrestrial locomotion where an organism moves by means of its two rear limbs, or legs.
Who basic possession of the order Primates, possibly (debated) Australopithecines (the may have used their knuckles), modern humans and some ancestors
When the attainment of bipedalism has long been a matter of controversy, and the question has not yet been resolved, it is likely that the evolution of the human gait took place gradually over a period of 10 million years or so.
Where debated origins
Why important characteristic because it is a means of traveling during which the energy output of the body is reduced to a physiological minimum by the smooth, undulating flow of the progression.
Hierarchy
What a form of animal social structure in which a linear or nearly linear ranking exists, with each animal dominant over those below it and submissive to those above it in the hierarchy.
Who/Where shaped in the Middle East first as the result of agriculture which initiated civilization.
When increased among humans during the Neolithic time period.
Why civilization created hierarchy and more inequalities as a result of different rankings of specialized jobs within the civilization and the perspective that civilized people are superior to uncivilized societies. (Ex
Theocracy
What government by divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided. In many theocracies, government leaders are members of the clergy, and the state's legal system is based on religious law
Who early ones included the Egyptians, Hebrews, Tibetans, Maya, Toltec, Aztecs, and the Natchez.
When/Where typical of early civilizations, The Enlightenment marked the end of theocracy in most Western countries. Modern examples of theocracies include Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Vatican.
Why a unique type of government that has caused many religious conflicts over the years
Agrarian
What someone with a social or political belief that places importance on the ethical superiority of a rural life based on farming
When belief arose during the Neolithic Age when the first agriculturalists appeared
Where started in the Middle East around the Fertile Crescent and spread all over the world
Why it set the climate for the beginning of civilization and gave rise to industrial societies in the 17th and 18th centuries
Australopithecus (Latin Southern Ape)
What group extinct creatures who are closely related to, if not ancestors of modern human beings
Who Lucy is the most famous Australopithecus preserved fossilized skeleton from Ethiopia that has been dated to 3.2 mya.
When during the Neogene period
Where known from a series of fossils found at numerous sites in eastern, central, and southern Africa.
Why As characterized by the fossil evidence, they bore a combination of human- and apelike traits. Like humans, they were bipedal (that is, they walked on two legs), but, like apes, they had small brains. Their canine teeth were small like those of humans,
Assyrians
What people of the kingdom of Assyria
Who series of strong Assyrian kings—among them Tiglath-pileser III, Sargon II, Sennacherib, and Esarhaddon—united most of the Middle East
When height of power- 14th century (when it became an independent state) to 1208 B.C.E.
Where from northern Mesopotamia (what is now Iraq and southeastern Turkey)
Why started a new period of expansion in the 9th century B.C.E., their kings united the Middle East form 8th to 7th century B.C.E., famous for their cruelty and fighting ability, the Assyrians were also monumental builders, as shown by archaeological sites
Beringia
What land bridge which joined present-day Alaska and eastern Siberia
Who my have been used by Native Americans
When various times during the Ice Age in the Paleolithic time period
Where see “what” above
Why mammoth hunters moved across the inner regions of North America from Beringia, may possibly be how the Native Americans arrived
Bipedalism
What a form of terrestrial locomotion where an organism moves by means of its two rear limbs, or legs.
Who basic possession of the order Primates, possibly (debated) Australopithecines (the may have used their knuckles), modern humans and some ancestors
When the attainment of bipedalism has long been a matter of controversy, and the question has not yet been resolved, it is likely that the evolution of the human gait took place gradually over a period of 10 million years or so.
Where debated origins
Why important characteristic because it is a means of traveling during which the energy output of the body is reduced to a physiological minimum by the smooth, undulating flow of the progression.
Hierarchy
What a form of animal social structure in which a linear or nearly linear ranking exists, with each animal dominant over those below it and submissive to those above it in the hierarchy.
Who/Where shaped in the Middle East first as the result of agriculture which initiated civilization.
When increased among humans during the Neolithic time period.
Why civilization created hierarchy and more inequalities as a result of different rankings of specialized jobs within the civilization and the perspective that civilized people are superior to uncivilized societies. (Ex
Theocracy
What government by divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided. In many theocracies, government leaders are members of the clergy, and the state's legal system is based on religious law
Who early ones included the Egyptians, Hebrews, Tibetans, Maya, Toltec, Aztecs, and the Natchez.
When/Where typical of early civilizations, The Enlightenment marked the end of theocracy in most Western countries. Modern examples of theocracies include Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Vatican.
Why a unique type of government that has caused many religious conflicts over the years
Agrarian
What someone with a social or political belief that places importance on the ethical superiority of a rural life based on farming
When belief arose during the Neolithic Age when the first agriculturalists appeared
Where started in the Middle East around the Fertile Crescent and spread all over the world
Why it set the climate for the beginning of civilization and gave rise to industrial societies in the 17th and 18th centuries
Australopithecus (Latin Southern Ape)
What group extinct creatures who are closely related to, if not ancestors of modern human beings
Who Lucy is the most famous Australopithecus preserved fossilized skeleton from Ethiopia that has been dated to 3.2 mya.
When during the Neogene period
Where known from a series of fossils found at numerous sites in eastern, central, and southern Africa.
Why As characterized by the fossil evidence, they bore a combination of human- and apelike traits. Like humans, they were bipedal (that is, they walked on two legs), but, like apes, they had small brains. Their canine teeth were small like those of humans,
Assyrians
What people of the kingdom of Assyria
Who series of strong Assyrian kings—among them Tiglath-pileser III, Sargon II, Sennacherib, and Esarhaddon—united most of the Middle East
When height of power- 14th century (when it became an independent state) to 1208 B.C.E.
Where from northern Mesopotamia (what is now Iraq and southeastern Turkey)
Why started a new period of expansion in the 9th century B.C.E., their kings united the Middle East form 8th to 7th century B.C.E., famous for their cruelty and fighting ability, the Assyrians were also monumental builders, as shown by archaeological sites
Beringia
What land bridge which joined present-day Alaska and eastern Siberia
Who my have been used by Native Americans
When various times during the Ice Age in the Paleolithic time period
Where see “what” above
Why mammoth hunters moved across the inner regions of North America from Beringia, may possibly be how the Native Americans arrived
Bipedalism
What a form of terrestrial locomotion where an organism moves by means of its two rear limbs, or legs.
Who basic possession of the order Primates, possibly (debated) Australopithecines (the may have used their knuckles), modern humans and some ancestors
When the attainment of bipedalism has long been a matter of controversy, and the question has not yet been resolved, it is likely that the evolution of the human gait took place gradually over a period of 10 million years or so.
Where debated origins
Why important characteristic because it is a means of traveling during which the energy output of the body is reduced to a physiological minimum by the smooth, undulating flow of the progression.
Hierarchy
What a form of animal social structure in which a linear or nearly linear ranking exists, with each animal dominant over those below it and submissive to those above it in the hierarchy.
Who/Where shaped in the Middle East first as the result of agriculture which initiated civilization.
When increased among humans during the Neolithic time period.
Why civilization created hierarchy and more inequalities as a result of different rankings of specialized jobs within the civilization and the perspective that civilized people are superior to uncivilized societies. (Ex
Theocracy
What government by divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided. In many theocracies, government leaders are members of the clergy, and the state's legal system is based on religious law
Who early ones included the Egyptians, Hebrews, Tibetans, Maya, Toltec, Aztecs, and the Natchez.
When/Where typical of early civilizations, The Enlightenment marked the end of theocracy in most Western countries. Modern examples of theocracies include Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Vatican.
Why a unique type of government that has caused many religious conflicts over the years
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