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The study of what people have done in the past:
history
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The systematic study of history:
Historiography
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"What we think happened."
Mr. Riece's definition of History
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The study of ancient cultures through the examination of artifacts made by that culture:
Archeology
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Problems with history --> Name 3
- - People lie
- - Evidence is undiscovered
- - People interpret evidence incorrectly
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A spear throwing device:
Atlatl
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Greek father of history:
Herodotus
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2nd Greek Historian; he tried to be somewhat more accurate than Herodotus:
Thucidydes
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The science that studies humans as a species rather than a particular activity conducted by humans:
Anthropology
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These are known as primary sources:
Original document, objects, etc.
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These are known as secondary sources:
Reports of historians, eye witness accounts, etc.
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BCE:
Before Christian Era (previously BC)
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Human like creatures:
Hominids
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According to the anthropologists there may be a missing type of hominid which is part human/part hominid. This link has never been found.
Missing link
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Archeologists and anthropologists say that hominids have been on earth for ______ of years.
millions
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One of the oldest hominid finds was made in ______ in ____. This female creature was named Lucy after the Beatles Song "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds." She was estimated to be ___ ____ years old.
Ethiopia; 1974; three million
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One way to date objects is ______ _____.
radiocarbon dating
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This technique measures the amount of carbon atoms found in bones.
radiocarbon dating
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One way anthropologists trace the development of man is through the development of _____.
tools
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This age began about 2.5 million years ago and lasted until about 12,000 years ago.
Paleolithic Age/Old Stone Age
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This age lasted from 12,000 to 10,000 years ago.
Mesolithic Age/Middle Stone Age
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This age lasted from 10,000 years ago to 5,000 years ago.
Neolithic Stone Age/New Stone Age
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A time when man used tools made of stone or other natural materials like bone or wood.
Paleolithic Age
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During this age humans inhabited all the world's continents except Antarctica:
Paleolithic Age
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The first humans probably lived in _____ & hunted ____ and ate _____, _____ & ______.
caves &games; seeds, berries & nuts
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To hunt & live successfully people had to develop _____.
tools
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To hunt successfully people hat to work together and communicate; this involved the development of ________.
language
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By following & successfully hunting game, the food supply bacame more plentiful and as a result the ________ grew.
population
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One thing that affected the world's hitory was a series of ______ ______.
climate changes
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During colder periods the polar icecaps enlarged and glaciers developed, causing _ major ice ages.
4
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Ice ages affected earth in a number of different ways; name some.
- 1. Some humans moved to warmer climates
- 2. Some kinds of plants & animals became extinct
- 3. Areas uncovered by ice received unusually high amounts of rainfall which raised the levels of lakes, rivers, & large inland bodies of water were created
- 4. Glaciers scoured land forms
- 5. Sea levels fell, this created land bridges connecting previously unconnected lands
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It is theorized that what group of people discovered the use of fire?
Neanderthals
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