Unit 1 Prehistory/FOS
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 skillful man/toolmaker | homo habilis, 2 m. bce, had tools |
| homo erectus | upright man, 800,000 bce, discovered fire |
| period of time before written history | prehistory |
| Tools and the skills to use them | technology |
| walking upright on two legs | bipedalism |
| benefits of the ability to manage fire | heat, light, protection, hunting |
| first people to bury their dead | Neanderthal |
| name for a small group of people | band or clan |
| "make ones way " | migrate |
| study of past human life and culture by the examination of artifacts | archaeology |
| way in which individuals and groups react and interact with their environment | culture |
| an object made by people long ago | artifact |
| the preserved remains or traces of animals, plants, and other organisms | fossil |
| Family of man & relatives | hominid |
| archaeological excavation site | a dig |
| ability to walk upright | bipedal |
| Old Stone Age | Paleolithic |
| New Stone Age | Neolithic |
| pitfall | a trap; a concealed pit prepared as a trap for animals |
| nomad | person who moves from place to place in search of food |
| population | group of individuals of the same species living in a particular area at the same time |
| Hyoid bone | a U-shaped bone at the base of the tongue that supports the tongue muscles and helps make speech possible |
| Homo Sapien Neandrithalis | Wise Man, had complex tools |
| 1st settelments were | jerico(Isriale), Jaramo(Iraq), Catal Hoyuk(Turkey), 5750 bce |
| Australopithecus Afarensis | Lucy, Is a biped, lived in 4 million bce |
| bce | before common era |
| bc | before christ |
| ad | anno domini, after the year of our lord |
| the seven continants | south america, north america, Brazil, Antarctica, Europe, Australia, Asia |
| names of the 5 oceans | Indian, atlantic, artic, southern and pacific |
| histoy | a branch of knowledge dealing with past events |
| political science | a social science dealing with political institutions and with the principles and conduct of government |
| anthropology | science dealing with the origin, races, customs, and beliefs of humankind |
| geography | The study of people, their environments, and their resources |
| mythology | account of study of myths |
| philosophy | the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics |
| economics | the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management |
| theology | the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth |
| sociology | the scientific study of society and human behavior |
| civics | study of rights and duties of citizens |
| culture | all the knowledge and values shared by a society |
| equator | an imaginary line around the Earth forming the great circle that is equidistant from the north and south poles |
| prime meridian | meridian at zero degree longitude from which east and west are reckoned (usually the Greenwich longitude in England) |
| eastern and western hemispheres | everything east and west of the prime meridian |
| Arabian peninsula | a peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf |
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