Upgrade to remove ads
Only $0.99/month

what ever

Key Concepts:

Terms in this set (20)

world history
the field study concerned
with global processes and patterns of
humanity over time.
prehistoric
the time or period before
recorded or written
history
Stone Age
the earliest known
period of human
culture, marked by the creation and use
of stone tools
topographical map
a type of map
characterized by
large-scale detail and contour lines
representing elevation changes.
cave paintings
paintings on cave
walls and ceilings,
especially those
dating from prehistoric times.
relative dating
determining the age of an object based
upon surrounding fossils and geological
deposits
absolute dating
(carbon dating /
radioactive dating)
the process of determining a specific
date of an artifact based on physical or
chemical properties of the object
evidence
information used to support a
claim
artifact
any object made or
used by mankind.
Paleolithic Age or Era
the period of the Stone Age
that began about 2.5 to 2
million years ago, marked by the
earliest use of tools made of chipped
stone
foragers
a group of people who survive by hunting and gathering over a large region
linguistic artifacts
artifacts that are written
language or have writing on
them
non-linguistic artifacts
artifacts that do not have written
language like stone tools or human
remains
lifeways
the ways in which a group of
people live, find food, and behave
human evolution
represents the
evidence-based,
scientific understanding of the origin and
development of humanity
hominid
humans and their closest
relatives.
bipedalism
a form of motion where an
organism moves by
means of its two rear
limbs.
biome
a major
ecological
community that
corresponds to a climate and is
characterized by plants that live in that
are adapted to that environment
adaptation
the process or state of
changing to fit a new
environment or different
conditions
human
migration
The physical
movement by humans from one area to
another, sometimes over long distances
or in large groups.
YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE...

Early World History - Warner Middle School - Unit…

42 terms
CalvinM1018

Early Humans

27 terms
Mr-Corona-CarusiMSTEACHER

Pre-History Vocab. Mr. Zelehoski/Mrs. Cha Ch.1 Sec…

23 terms
mrscha

Unit 3 Test Review

25 terms
BigFoot174a