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8th Grade
08/08/2011

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antropologists
Definition
scientists who study physical and cultural characteristics of humans and their ancestors
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archeologists
Definition
scientists who study earlier people and cultures through artifacts
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artifact
Definition
an historic object made or used by humans
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Paleontologists
Definition
scientist who studies fossil remains of animals and plants
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prehistory
Definition
time written before history
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history
Definition
study of past narratives of people places and events
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-greek historian
-Father of History
Definition
what was 2 things Heroclotus was known for?
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484 BC to 425 BC
Definition
when was Heroclotus ??
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hominids
Definition
are we studying?
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hominids
Definition
what are human beings and earlier human like creatures?
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DNA and Radiocarbon dating
Definition
what are 2 ways to date earlier artifacts?
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radiocarbon dating
Definition
what tells the age of a once living material by measuring the amount of radioactive carbon remaining in it?
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Australopithecus-5.8 mil to 2 mil
homohabilis- 2.4 mil to 1.5 mil
homosapien Neaderthal- 200000 to 35000
Homosapien sapien-400000 to present
Definition
what are the known to be hominids and their time periods?
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Lucy-1974
Toumai-2002
Definition
what are the 2 most recent and significant finds? and when they were found?
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Hadar, Ethiopia
Definition
in 1974 a skeleton(Lucy) was found in ________.
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20
Definition
how old was Lucy when she died?
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3 million, 4ft, 65 in
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about ______ years ago, when Lucy was alive. She was __ft and __ lbs .
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she fell into river and drowned
Definition
how did scientists say Lucy died?
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2002
Definition
Toumai was dicovered in ____
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6 to 7 million years old
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Toumai is _ to _ years old
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Chad, Eithiopia
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where was Toumai discovered
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Toumai
Definition
what is the oldest known hominid?
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Chimps and Humans
Definition
Toumai believed to be common ancestor of _______ and ________
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Australopithecus
Definition
who were the earliest pre-hominids?
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central and eastern africa
Definition
where were Australopithecuses located?
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Southern Ape
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Australopithecus means what?
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3 1/2 ft to 5 ft tall
Definition
HOW TALL WERE AUST. ?
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small brains, large faces
Definition
what did Aust. look like?
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humid forest
Definition
where did aust. live?
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Nomads
Definition
Aust. were _____, which ment they traveled in search of food.
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human
Definition
homo means _____
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1.homohabilis,"person with ability",2.4 to 1.5 mil
Homoerectus-"upright man"-1.5 to .5 mil
Homosapien-"thinking man"- .5 to present
Definition
Homo genus-truly human- 3 species ??
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hunters and gatherers
Definition
paleothic period consisted of ___ and ______
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homohabilis and erectus
Definition
what are 2 species in the pleolithic period?
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Africa
Definition
where did homohabilis live?
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1. nomadic
2. Began the stone age
Definition
2 facts that supported that homohabilis were smarter than Austrolopthecus?
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2.5 mill to 5000 BC
Definition
when was the stone age?
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it manucatured first stone tools
Definition
The stone age was got its name because___________. ?
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the beginning of technology
Definition
the skills and useful knoledge available to them for colecting material and making objects neccessary for survival was what?
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begining of technology
Definition
begining of technologyWHEN WAS THE EARLIEST ASPECTS OF CULTURE?
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HomoErectus
Definition
who lived in variety of enviroments from woodlands and grasslands in Africa to forests and plains ins Europe and Aisa
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1. FIRE
2. lived in caves
3.made clothing
4.language
5.hunters and gatherers
Definition
5 things about HomoErectus
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1 spread ideas
2. work with one another
3. beginning of culture
Definition
why was Language one of the greatest achievments of humanity?
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males females
Definition
___ killed small prey, _____ were first to gather
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2 million to 10000 years ago
Definition
Ice ages were between ____ to _____ years ago
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below freezing
Definition
many parts of the world fell below ________
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middle latitudes
Definition
only ________ supported humans
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300 ft
Definition
as glaciers formed, ocean dropped __ft
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Great Britain, Indonesian Islnads, Japan, Korea, Australia
Definition
What 5 places were caused by land and ice bridges?
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1 million
Definition
MIGRATION BEGAN ______ YEARS AGO
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Bering Strait , Americas
Definition
Humans crossed _______ to ______ between 15000 to 35000 years ago
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Neanderthals, Homo Sapiens Sapiens
Definition
what are the 2 types of homo sapiens?
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africa
Definition
where did Homo Sapien Sapiens originate?
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Cro-magnons
Definition
what type of homo sapiens are we?
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200,000
Definition
Neanderthals were _______ years ago
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Africa, Europe and Aisa
Definition
Neanderthals originated in _____ and spread to ______ and ____
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5 ft 5
Definition
Neanderthals avg. heith was ____ , they were stocky with thick bones
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nomadic
Definition
Neanderthals were ______ hunters and gatheres
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30-50
Definition
Neanderthals liveed in groups of 30-50
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weather, food
Definition
Neanderthals adapted to ______ and cooked _______
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spears, knives, bone tools
Definition
Neanderthals made sophisticated stone tools (_____, ______, and ______)
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sick and aged
Definition
Neanderthals cared for ______ and _______
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Neanderthals
Definition
Who were the first to practice medicine?
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life after death
Definition
Neanderthals had funerals, and believed in _____________
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Europe
Definition
Where were earliest homo-sapiens?
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taller, thick
Definition
Homo sapiens2 were _____ then neanderthals and less _____
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hunters and gatheres
Definition
homo sapiens2 were very efficient ______
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sharper cutting blades, hammers, hoes, bone neeedles for fitting clothes
Definition
what were some examples of Advanced technology that homo sapiens2 used?
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chop down trees, making conoes
Definition
Homo sapiens2 used the stone ax, which was usefull for ______, and _______
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travel down rivers and along coast (australia)
Definition
why is making conoes important?
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bow and arrow, hunt larger animals
Definition
Homo sapiens2 long distant weapons like __________. which let them ________
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increase in population
political and social consequences
Definition
what did hunting larger animals lead to?
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Homo sapiens 2
Definition
Who had formal rules, leaders, built community homes, and cave paintings?
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Lascaux (France) and Vallon-Pont-D,Arc (FRance)
Definition
What are 2 famous paintings and where are they?
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Neolithic Revolution
Definition
what was after last ice age?
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Neolithic Period
Definition
Who had the greatest cultural advances?
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lifestyle
Definition
Primarily because people gradually stopped hunting and gathering and began to produce and store food . This forced change in ______
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1. Domesticated Animals
2.made pottery and Housing
3.beginning pf agriculture
Definition
What are the 3 advances in the Neolithic Revolution
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invented plows, fertilizer, wheel, loom, and calenders for seasons
Definition
What are 5 characteristics in the beginniing of agriculture
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1. first vilages: Jericho and Catal Huyulk
2. Believed in Dietier-Gods
3.Civilizations
Definition
What are 3 examples in life style changes durring the Neolithic Revolution
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farming, trade, gov. ,art, science
Definition
Civilizations are highly organized societies with an adveanced knoledge of ____, ______, _______,________,and ______.
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city
Definition
What does civilizations mean in Latin?
Term
beginning of history
Definition
Civilizations mark ___________
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1..mesoptamia-Tigris and Euphrates-3500 BC-Iraq
2. Nile River Valley-Egypt
3.Indus River Valley-2600 BC-Pakistan and India
4. Huang He(yellow River)-1000 BC-China
Definition
What are the 4 1st civilizations
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by major rivers, economy based on agriculture, advanced technology, government, coordinated large efforts, shared values and beliefs
Definition
What are the 6 basic early civilizations characteristics
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by major rivers, economy based on agriculture, advanced technology, government, coordinated large efforts, shared values and beliefs
Definition
What are the 6 basic early civilizations characteristics
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Gov officials, Soldiers, Priests
Definition
What are some examples of the gov. ?
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Irrigation system
Definition
example of cooperative large efforts
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myths
Definition
what are traditional stories explaining how world was formed?
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priests
Definition
who were myths recorded by?
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priests
Definition
who invented writing?
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seven day tablets
Definition
sumerions in Mesopotamia wrote myths on ______________.
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