Vocab 1-9 Flashcards

283024334	Australopithecus	the earliest human-like creature that flourished in eastern and southern Africa 3 to 4 million years ago	0
283024335	Homo Erectus	extinct species of primitive hominid with upright stature but small brain	1
283024336	Homo Habilis	extinct species of upright east African hominid having some advanced human-like characteristics	2
283024337	Homo Neanderthalensis	Neanderthals - 230,000 to 30,000 years ago, Africa, Asia, Europe, walked upright, used complex tools, hunted in groups, sense of community, burial mounds, healed each other.	3
283024338	Homo Sapiens	the only surviving hominid	4
283024339	Paleoanthropologists	people who study the ancestors of modern people	5
283024340	Agricultural Village	A relatively small, egalitarian village, where most of the population was involved in agriculture. Starting over 10,000 years ago, people began to cluster in agricultural villages as they stayed in one place to tend their crops.	6
283024341	Akkadian Empire	Began in 2350 BCE when Sargon - King of Akkad - began conquering Sumerian cities. The empire was the first to unite city-states under a single ruler and ruled for 200 years.	7
283024342	City- State	a city with political and economic control over the surrounding countryside	8