WORLD HISTORY REVIEW Short Answer
Short Answer Questions List the Five Themes of Geography Location Place Human-Environment Interaction Movement Region What Three Steps Must Archeologist take? Locate Excavate Analyze Evidence List the Five Features of a Civilization and give me an example. Advanced cities Specialized workers Complex institutions Record keeping Advanced technology
WORLD HISTORY REVIEW Section 1
What means “upright man?” They started to use technology and tools to meet their needs. Homo Erectus Who found the oldest complete human skeleton in Ethiopia and named it “Lucy”? Donald Johanson What means “wise man” and is the name for modern humans? Homo Sapiens Who lived in Europe during the Ice Age and are now extinct because they lost to Cro- Magnons? Neanderthals
What measures distance away from the Equator? Latitude What lines measure distance away from the Prime Meridian? Longitude What term refers to the time period before people invented writing? Prehistory Where one place is located in relation to another describes ______. Relative Location
What are human made objects called in archaeology? Artifact What is the study of people, their environments, and resources available them? Geography What is culture? A person’s unique way of life. What is Animism? Worshipping of animals.
What is carbon 14 used for? Is a method to date organic matter. Who are specially trained scientists who work like detectives and uncover the story of peoples, they study the physical remains? Archaeologist What is the change from nomadic way of life to farming also known as the New Stone Age? Neolithic Age What is significant of the Lascaux Cave in France? Prehistoric cave paintings found in France.
SECTION 2
What was a Neolithic Village found on the Orkney Islands in Northern Scotland? Skara Brae People move place to place as they follow game animals and ripening fruit are called what? Nomads What is the name given to the Ice Man that was found in the Alps? Ötsi What are the two main grain crops of the Neolithic age? Wheat and Barley
What term means the taming of wild animals? Domesticate What is another name for agricultural revolution, and it is one of the greatest breakthroughs in history? Neolithic Revolution What is slash-and-burn farming? When you cut trees or grass and burn them to use their ashes to grow new crops.
SECTION 3
What is a complex culture with a highly specialized social order? Civilization What term refers to skilled craft worker? Artisan What is a person that is trained for reading and writing? Scribe What is a bazaar? Market place where goods would be exchanged or be sold. What is a pyramid shape “mountain of god” called in Ur? Ziggurat
What is the belief in many gods? Polytheism What age is when people quit using copper and stone? (Copper and tin) Bronze Age Who used Cuneiform? Sumerian writing What is the spreading of ideas, customs and technology from one people to another? Cultural Diffusion What is a Barter economy? Economy where one would trade one good for another without use of money.