World History Chapter 1

Deep canyon found in Tanzania known for having ancient tools dating back to 1.7 million to 2.1 million years ago.

The Neolithic Revolution was characterized by

Goods left over after all the needs have been met

Which item is an example of an artifact?

If people are polytheistic, it means they

The way of life of a society, which is handed down from one generation to the next by learning and experience.

Experts in the study of how people lived in the historical past.

Which theory states that Homo sapiens first lived in Africa and then migrated into other areas of the world.

Jericho's status as the first city with a wall indicates that

Advanced stage of human society marked by a well-organized government and high levels of culture, science, and industry

What is technology?

Undeveloped economic systems that rely on custom and tradition

Period of time before writing was invented.

When interpreting the evidence they find about ancient cultures, historians must not

Person who moves from place to place in search of food

________ was one of the world's first villages, established in the modern-day West Bank between 10,000 and 9000 B.C.

The Old Stone Age belief that spirits and forces reside in animals, objects, or dreams is known as ________.

The calendar was an important technology because ________

A sparse, dry, treeless grassland

The study of the origins and development of people and their societies.

To tame animals and adapt crops so they are best suited to use by humans

Which objects provided anthropologists with the first clues about prehistoric life?

The study of past people and cultures through their material remains.