Prehistory Flashcards

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