Transcript Homo erectus

What does the term Prehistory
refer to?
• The term prehistory
refers to the period of
time before writing
was developed.
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Ancient Sumerian (civilization we will cover
later) recipe for beer.
What is archeology?
• Archeology is the
study of past societies
through analysis of
what people left
behind.
What is the study of human life and
culture?
• Anthropology
What method is most commonly
used to date artifacts?
• Radiocarbon dating
Which dating method measures the
amount of trapped light from electrons?
• ThermoLuminesc
ence
Which period is used to describe the time
when humans used simple stone tools?
• Paleolithic Age
One of the distinguishing features of the
human species is the ability to make what?
• Tools
Who discovered the bones of a 1.8
million year old Hominid?
• Louis and Mary
Leakey
What does the term “Homo
erectus” mean?
• Upright
Humans
What does the term “Homo
Sapiens” mean?
• “wise human”
What theory states the belief that early hominids
spread from Africa to other parts of the world?
• “out - of – Africa”
theory
– Scientists believe that they
appeared in Africa between
150,000-200,000 years ago.
Section 2
• The Neolithic Revolution
– Changing the way we live.
With the Neolithic Revolution came what
system that ended the need for hunting?
• Systematic
Agriculture
What is the process of adapting
wild animals for human use?
• Domestication
What is another name for the skilled
workers who traded weapons and jewelry?
• Artisans
What two ages followed the
Neolithic Age?
• Bronze Age
• Iron Age
What term describes the way of life for
a group of people at a given time?
• Culture
What term describes a complex culture in
which large numbers of human beings share
a number of common elements?
• Civilization
What are six traits of a civilization?
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Cities
Government
Religion
Social Structure
Writing
Art
In early government most
kingdoms were ruled by whom?
• Monarchs
Name five locations where
civilizations first began to develop.
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Mesopotamia
Egypt
India
China
Mesoamerica
In your own words describe what life was
like before the Neolithic Revolution.
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Nomadic
Hunters/Gatherers
Writing?
Tools?
Rituals?
Culture?
In your own words describe what life was
like after the Neolithic Revolution.
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Culture
Civilizations
Perm. Residency
Agriculture
Tools
Artisans
Religion
Social Classes
Around what feature were most
ancient civilizations developed?
• Rivers
What was the first empire in world
history?
• Akkadian
Empire
What alphabet provided the basis
for the English alphabet?
• Phoenician
Mesopotamians were well known
for their work on what trade?
• Metal
work
The invention of cuneiform is
credited to who?
• Sumerians
What did the Sumerians believe
about the gods and goddesses?
• That they
owned the
cities
Which leader of the Persian Empire extended it to
become the largest empire the world has seen
yet?
• Darius
What is Hammurabi remembered
for?
• His law code for
the
Mesopotamian
society.
What was the largest section of
Hammurabi’s Code?
• Family and
Marriage
What Egyptians owned all the land and
granted parts of it to their subjects?
• Pharaohs
What also happened around 3100 B.C.
when the history of Egypt began?
• Menes united
Upper and
Lower Egypt
What three major periods have modern
historians divided Egyptian history into?
• Old kingdom
• Middle
Kingdom
• New Kingdom
The process of slowly during a dead
body to prevent it from rotting is called?
• Mummification