vocab
The history before recorded, or written, history is called
prehistory
Trade began between communities because
no community could meet all of its needs and wants
An archeologists can best explain what during the stone age
The difference in building materials used by stone age cultures
The use of A.D. in dates implies that what events is the central point in history?
The birth of Christ
storying telling is a part of ________ history.
oral history
The idea that the world centers around "us"
centrism
Companionship is an example of a ___________. The human desire for establishing a community is an example of what?
social needs
A person who studies humans
anthropologist
The point of view that has grown out the history of Europe and its former colonies
Eurocentrism
The name for most people during the Stone Age, who moved from place to place.
nomads
An early period in history when stone tools and weapons were used
stone age
What has helped tie the peoples of the world together?
expanding trade between nations
A geologist can best explain what during the Stone Age
The changes in climate during the Stone Age
Why does the world contains different kinds of societies?
People can meet their needs and wants in different ways
What has provided historians the MOST information about early nomads.
cave paintings
power of ruler that is not limited
absolute power
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
The main task of a ___________ is to search for the story of humans.
historian
Reasons why people don't get along can be put into one of these four categories (List all four)
Economic, Political, Social, and religious
This type of history tells how governments were organized and how governments were organized and how they changed over time.
political history
What is the name for food or nourishment necessary for life?
sustenance
What belief caused many ancient kings to think they held absolute power
divine rights
A paleontologist can explain what to a group of people
the changes of bone structure through prehistory
In the history of warfare, what shifted the advantage away from the side with most fighters?
Industrialization
What gave the Stone Age its name?
artifacts from the period when stone tools were used