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unit 1 history
unit 1 early humans and the rise of civilization
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ancient history | the study of the past,from the earliest humans through the first cilizations |
| archeologists | an expert who studies the past by examining objectsthat people have left behind |
| historians | an expert who studiels and records the past |
| geographers | an expert who studies and creates maps of earths natural features |
| artifacts | an object made or used by people in the past |
| prehistoric | before written history |
| ritual | relating to a ceremony,such as a religous ceremony |
| hominids | a prehistoric human |
| capabilities | skill |
| paleoanthropologist | sutudies the earliest hominids(paleo means ancient) |
| anthropologist | a scientist who studies human devolopment and culture |
| remains | a dead body |
| biped | a two footed animal |
| australopithecus | southern ape |
| homo habilis | handy man |
| migrate | to move from one geographic region to another |