Unit 1 Flashcards

211037709	Venus figurines	small Paleolithic statues of women with exaggerated sexual features	0
211037710	Agricultural revolution	The time when human beings first domesticated plants and animals and no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering	1
211037711	Slash and burn agriculture	Another name for shifring cultivation, so named because fields are cleared by slashing the vegetation and burning the debris.	2
211037712	Shanidar cave	cave located in older area of Northeastern Iraq with evidence of medicinal activity in it ~ 30,000 BCE	3
211037713	Jomon society	Period of life in japan. It transitioned over many years from nomadic "hunters and gatherers" to settlements and farmers.	4
211037714	Natufian society	One society that took permanent settlement during the Paleolithic times. Few others settled permanently during this time. The Natufians settled near modern Israel and Jordan. They settled permanently because of their large food source (wild buckwheat and fishing).	5
211037715	Chinook society	A third society that settled permanently. They settled in the Pacific Northwest. They had sources of berries, acorns, and salmon.	6
211037716	Australopithecus	the earliest humanlike creature that flourished in eastern and southern Africa 3 to 4 million years ago	7
211037717	Homo erectus	extinct species of primitive hominid with upright stature but small brain	8
211037718	Homo sapien	human being	9
211037719	Neandertal	extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia	10
211037720	Cro-magnon	early groups of homo sapiens	11
211037721	Patriarchal society	male-dominated society	12