Vocab
How We Look At History
People Who Study the Past
Views of the World
Random
100
The history before recorded, or written, history is called
prehistory
100

Trade began between communities because

no community could meet all of its needs and wants


100

An archeologists can best explain what during the Stone Age

The differences in building materials used by Stone Age cultures

100

The use of A.D. in dates implies that what events is the central point in history?

The birth of Christ

100
Story telling is a part of _________ history.
oral history
200

The idea that the world centers around "us"

centrism

200

Companionship is an example of a ___________.

The human desire for establishing a community is an example of what?

social needs

200
A person who studies humans
anthropologist
200

The point of view that has grown out the history of Europe and its former colonies

Eurocentrism

200
The name for most people during the Stone Age, who moved from place to place.
nomads
300
An early period in history when stone tools and weapons were used
Stone Age
300

What has helped tie the peoples of the world together?

expanding trade between nations

300

A geologist can best explain what during the Stone Age

The changes in climate during the Stone Age

300

Why does the world contains different kinds of societies?

People can meet their needs and wants in different ways

300

What has provided historians the MOST information about early nomads?

cave paintings

400

Power of a ruler that is not limited

absolute power

400

If the demand for a good is low and the supply is high, what would you expect the price of the good to do?

stay low

400
The main task of a ___________ is to search for the story of humans.
historian
400
Reasons why people don't get along can be put into one of these four categories: (List all four)
Economic, Political, Social and Religious
400
This type of history tells how governments were organized and how they changed over time.
political history
500

What is the name for food or nourishment necessary for life?

sustenance

500

What belief caused many ancient kings to think they held absolute power

divine rights

500

A paleontologist can explain what to a group of people

the changes of bone structure through prehistory
500

In the history of warfare, what shifted the advantage away from the side with most fighters?

Industrialization

500

What gave the Stone Age its name?

artifacts from the period when stone tools were used

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