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Unit 1a Pre-History

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Political
government and ruling concerns: the legal system, war, law-making and constitutions, war, and how power is gained, maintained and lost.
Economic
the scarcity of natural, human, capital resources, and the decisions of how they are used to produce goods
Religious
The ultimate questions humanity asks like who or what created us? What is the purpose of life? Includes religious, moral, and ethical issues answering questions like what is good and what is bad?
Social
Issues pertaining to groups like family and social class. They tend to divide societies such as race, gender, religion, ethnicity, laws, literacy, and education.
Intellectual
This includes philosophers, ideas and the teaching and learning of these ideas in formal and informal educational settings.
Artistic
Human creativity and the expression of a community's beliefs, values and culture.
Technological
tools and devices that humans have invented.
Frame of Reference
The position of which something is observed. point of view, bias, perspective
cuneiform
A system of writing with wedge-shaped symbols, invented by the Sumerians around 3000 B.C.
barter
A form of trade in which people exchange goods or services without the use of money
polytheism
A belief in many gods
empire
A political unit in which a number of peoples or countries are controlled by a single government
use of fire
Humanoids controlled fire c. 500,000 BC
migration
the act of moving from one place to settle in another.
Neolithic Revolution
Farming and Domestication of Animals 10,000 BC - 3,000 BC
Specialization of Labor
Workers specialize at a task in the production process at which they are most efficient
Hunter - Gatherer
A member of a nomadic group whose food supply depends on hunting animals and collecting plant foods.
Domestication Of Animals
The taming and breeding of animals
Artifact
A human-made object, such as a tool, weapon, or piece of jewelry.
Free Will
the ability to make ones own decisions, ability to do good or evil
Scribe
professional record keepers
Culture
the customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group.
Neolithic
30,000-3,00 B.C.E Sedentary way of living developed; plow and domestication of animals
creation
God's bringing forth the universe and all its inhabitants into being out of nothing
Prehistory
The period of time before Writing was invented c. 3,000 BC
Paleolithic
Old Stone Age 500,000 BC to 10,000 BC
Civilization
cities, specialized workers, complex institutions, record keeping, and advanced technology
artisan
a skilled worker, such as a weaver, a potter, jewelry maker etc.
institution
a long-lasting pattern of organization in a community
history
a narrative of what has happened in the past.
Human Person
possesses a rational intellect, free will, and is social
Human Flourishing
When humans are growing in mind, body, and soul
3 variables of history
People, Time, Location
nomad
A member of a group that has no permanent home, wandering from place to place in search of food and water
Complex Institutions
government, laws, religion, and economy - they organized, united, and helped civilizations to prosper
Agricultural Revolution
The time when human beings first domesticated plants and animals and no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering
Anthropology
Study of the origins and development of humans and their societies
Code of Hammurabi
Strict laws drawn up by Babylonian king Hammurabi c. 1800 BC, the earliest legal code. It is in the Louvre in Paris.
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