the study of people, their environments, and the resources available to them.
100
What is an artifact?
An object made by human beings.
100
What is the term for the Old Stone Age?
Paleolithic
100
What is the term for the New Stone Age?
Neolithic
100
How is it believed man first reached North America?
By crossing an ice bridge in the Bering Straight, going from Asia to North America
200
What is Culture? Define.
a way of life related to a society or group that is handed down from one generation to the next by learning and experience.
200
What is anthropology?
the study of the origins and development of people and their societies.
Through observation of currant cultures and ancient remains.
200
How is it believed people lived in a foraging society? name three ways they lived.
In bands of 20-30 people
people were equal- everyone contributed
they were nomads-using food found to suppliment diet when animals to hunt were scarce
depended on their enviroment for survival
made simple tools
eventaully devloped language
200
Is everyone having FUN? ^-^
Let's hope the answer is YES!
200
What is the difference between an archaeologist and an anthropologist?
Archaeologists find and study artifacts
Anthropologists study the origins of human life (skeletons) and the varieties of human cultures
300
What is technology? Define?
Tools and skills people use to meet their basic needs.
300
What is a glacier?
a glacier is a thick sheet of ice that covered parts of the Earth during the ice age.
300
What are two examples of how people interact with their enviroment?
using water from rivers to irrigate crops
cutting trees to clear land
building roads and canals
mining metals from the earth
300
What is believed to be the religious beliefs of early people?
Animism: belief that spirits and forces may live in animals, objects, or dreams
belief of this derived from artifacts and paintings found.
300
Look at the photographs on page 7, how might geography contribute to the cultural differences?
different climates mean that people will dress differently and engage in different activities
400
What is prehistory?
a period of time before writing systems were invented.
400
What does domesticate mean?
it means to tame animals and adapt crops for the purpose of cultivation.
Bonus 5 points name three animals we have today that were domesticated by early man.
400
What are the five themes of geography?
location, place, human-enviroment interaction, movement, and region.
400
Where did early man migrate from and how do we know?
early man originated from Africa, the evidence has been found through remains and artifacts
400
Why was grography so important in the lives of Paleolithic people
where people settled
how their culture developed
what resources they had access to
500
What is a historian?
a person who studies how people lived in the past. Particularly by studying old writings, pictures, paintings and eventually videos.
500
nomad(s), define.
a person(s) who moves from place to place in search of food.
500
What kinds of evidence do historians use to study the past?
old writings, pictures, paintings and eventually videos. (artifacts)
500
Who or what is Lucy?
"Lucy" is the humaniod skeleton found in Ethiopia in 1974 by Donald Johnson
500
Why was it important for farming societies to create calendars?
So that they would be able to measure time and know when to plant and harvest.