Prehistory Flashcards
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7204584939 | Primary Source | History written by a first-hand witness; an object that has survived from the past. | 0 | |
7204586902 | Fossils | Remains of living things; plants, animals, or people. | 1 | |
7204589167 | Artifacts | Remains of things that were made by people. | 2 | |
7204590021 | History | The study of events of the past. | 3 | |
7204590367 | Surplus | A supply that is beyond what is needed; extra | 4 | |
7204591391 | Secondary Source | Accounts of past events written AFTER the time an event happened. | 5 | |
7204592388 | Hominids | Early humans that walked upright | 6 | |
7313738577 | Paleolithic | "Old" Stone Age | 7 | |
7313740542 | Neolithic | "New" Stone Age | 8 | |
7313743089 | Mesolithic | "Middle" Stone Age | 9 | |
7313746417 | Hunter-gatherer | Someone who moved around hunting and gathering food; a nomad | 10 | |
7313749777 | Class System | System separating people from each other; based on social position, wealth, job | 11 | |
7316310361 | Culture | The knowledge, beliefs, customs, and values of a certain group of people. | 12 | |
7316321822 | Cultural Diffusion | The spreading of ideas from one culture to another. | 13 | |
7316321862 | Division of Labor | People in a group take on different tasks or jobs | 14 | |
7316331018 | Domesticate | To tame or control plants and/or animals. | 15 | |
7316336097 | Agricultural Revolution | Hunter-gatherers settle down and begin farming; leads to the establishment of permanent settlements. | 16 | |
10653020527 | division of labor | Division of work into a number of separate tasks to be performed by different workers | 17 | |
10653024304 | Resources | materials found in the earth that people need and value, early humans used water, animals, and fertile land. | 18 | |
10653050379 | cultural diffusion | The spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one people to another | 19 | |
10653052987 | migrate | to move from one place to another | 20 | |
10653063518 | Cities | the Agricultural Revolution leads to a surplus, and people settle in one place eventually building ______________? | 21 | |
10653085096 | Society | A community of people who share a common culture | 22 | |
10653099902 | Government | as cities grew this was needed for organization | 23 | |
10712894020 | Pacific Ocean | ![]() | 24 | |
10712906342 | Atlantic Ocean | ![]() | 25 | |
10712913360 | Indian Ocean | ![]() | 26 | |
10712918216 | Artic Ocean | ![]() | 27 | |
10712933461 | North America | ![]() | 28 | |
10712937004 | South America | ![]() | 29 | |
10712941914 | Asia | ![]() | 30 | |
10712983858 | Europe | ![]() | 31 | |
10712989472 | Australia | ![]() | 32 | |
10712995205 | Antarctica | ![]() | 33 | |
10713023035 | Africa | ![]() | 34 |