WORLD HISTORY: Man v Wild Test Review

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Agriculture
Taming or domesticating plants;Farming
Aleppo
Ancient city in what is now modern-day Syria.
Anthropologist
Scientist who studies human culture and beliefs
Archaeologist
Scientist who studies skeletons & other artifacts to learn about past cultures or groups
Artifact
archaeological finding that has been altered by man (tools, beads, bowls,etc)
Catalhoyuk
Neolithic settlement in Anatolia, Turkey
Cave Art
Paleolithic Development, Lascaux France, Painting and engravings of daily activities
Civilization
Complex culture that produces a surplus of food, est. a large town w/govt & has specialization of labor.
Cultural Diffusion
The spread of ideas and culture from one place to another
Domestication of Animals
Taming animals for labor and/or food
Fire
First used by homo erectus; used for warmth, protection, and light
Hunter-gatherer
Traveling to find food
Jericho
Early city in the Fertile Crescent known for its defensive walls
Lucy (the hominid)
Oldest Australopithecus afarensis skeleton found in Ethiopia
Neolithic Era
New Stone Age-more advanced developments
Nomadic
traveling from place to place; not a permanent settlement
Scavengers
finding food but not killing it
Paleolithic Era
Old Stone Age
Stonehenge
Archaeological site in England started in the Neolithic Era and finished in the Bronze Age
Stone Tools
Simple & crude; first developed by homo habilis
Donald Johanson
The man who discovered Australopithecus afarensis remains in Ethiopia in 1974
Louis Leakey
The man who discovered homo habilis tools in Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania
Eugene DuBois
The man who discovered homo erectus remains on Java
Specialization of Labor
Training in a specific job
Agricultural Revolution
The change from hunting and gathering to farming
Irrigation
Diverting water from its source; often used for cultivation of plants
400,000
Homo sapiens neanderthalensis emerged
100,000
Homo sapiens sapiens emerged
Carbon Dating
How to determine the age of an artifact
Bipedal
Walking on two legs
River Valleys
Where the earliest people settled
Clans
Groups of people living together during the Paleolithic Era
Surplus
Having extra; one of the characteristics of a civilization
Social Classes
Some people are given a higher status than others; one of the characteristics of a civilization
Government
Used to regulate the land and the people; one of the characteristics of a civilization
Religion
Believing in gods, involving faith and worship; ; one of the characteristics of a civilization
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