Pre-History
What is prehistory?
The time before written records were kept
What is B.C.?
means before the birth of Christ
Why is Human-Environment Interaction important
it has affected how and where people live and how they support themselves.
Scientists believe the first humans came from
Apes
What religion began to spread from the Middle East across North Africa and into Spain in the 600s
Islam
What prehistoric period did people start living as nomads?
Paleo
What are oral traditions?
a way of passing down knowledge, culture, and history through speech or song
What was one of the first civilization to rise up:
Mesopotamia & Egypt
Most Human civilizations emerged near
Dense agricultural areas/rivers.
The Neolithic Era took place between
8,000 BCE and 3,000 BCE
List the prehistoric periods from earliest to latest.
Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic, (Afterwards we have Copper, Bronze, Iron)
What is a nomad?
a person who has no single settled home and moves from place to place to find food
Why were social groups important?
social groups meet peoples need for food, shelter, and security.
How did people called pastoral nomads live
They lived off the livestock they herded and often came into their local city-state to trade
Agriculture helped
People stabilizing their food supply and allowed for population growth
What might have been used before people learned to use written language?
cave paintings
What is an artifact
Something made by humans
What is the Development of Political Institutions and Ideas:
Another key theme is the creation of political systems and forms of government.
While Rome and China did not rule a large part of the Earth's land, these two empires accounted for
About half of the world's people.
The Atalatl
Was a tool that allowed spears to travel farther and faster
What was the name of the Iceman and the location he was discovered in 1991
Otzi and the Ötztal alps
What are primary and secondary sources
primary sources are given from direct access to the subject of the research, while secondary sources provide second-hand information and commentary from other researchers.
While belief systems are usually looked as religions alone, it can actually also involve
Philosophies
The Silk Road allowed for what?
The trade of goods and ideas, which is how religions from across the globe were able to reach different peoples.
What does A.D. stand for:
Anno Domini" is a Latin phrase that means "in the year of the Lord".