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| how long have humans been around? |
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| what does the term Paleolithic mean? |
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| name 3 biological advantages of early humans |
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1. walking upright
2. thumbs
3. capability of making speech |
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| name 2 cultural adaptations of early humans |
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1. able to work together
2. nomadic(they follow where the food is) |
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| in what way did the development of hunting possibly change Paleolithic society? |
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| the egalitarian tribes were fading away. Men were now hunting while the women were at home cooking. |
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| what does it mean to say that Paleolithic religion was ''animistic''? |
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| they worship life; everything had a soul or spirit within it |
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| what does it mean to say that early humans engaged in a form of ''cosmology''? |
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| the workings of the universe; they told myths to explain everything |
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| what is a ;;polytheistic'' religion? |
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| they believe in many gods. |
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| why did rituals develop in paleolithic society? |
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| they were a message to influence the gods |
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| disprove this statement. ''ancient humans were ignorant and childish in their response to the world.'' |
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| ancient humans may well have been ignorant, but they were seldom childish. |
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| how did the cro-magnon humans differ from earlier forms? |
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| they were better nurished and were effective hunters. |
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| name 3 characteristics of the neolithic era |
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1. fine tools
2. discovery of agriculture
3. human society decides to settle down from hunters to farmers |
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| one of the major causes of hunters turning into farmers was |
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| that the glaciers were retreating and the population was booming |
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| explain why it is proper to say that freedom was lost as people settled into neolithic farming villages. |
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| there was no sense of leadership |
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| name 3 advantages to village life |
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1. good lifestyle
2. secured food
3. permanent home |
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| name a disadvantage that came with the village life |
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| human animal waster lead to epidemics |
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| why was the chief deity in neolithic religion often an earth goddess? |
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| people perceived a link between soil fertility and human fertility. |
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| where is Jericho located? |
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| what did the citizen of Jericho do between 8000 and 7500 BCE? |
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| built the world's first known stone fortifications. |
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| where is catal hyuk located? |
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| what is so unusual about catal hyukian town planning? |
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| there was no streets and they enter the house through the roof |
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| what are the cyclades island located? |
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| island off the coast of greece |
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| what is the most significant artifact left by the cycladic cultures? |
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| the people who began the building of Stonehenge were from: |
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| the beaker folk came from: |
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| what did the beaker folk contribute to Stonehenge? |
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| name 3 characteristics of a civilization |
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1. monumental architecture
2. writing
3.self awareness and pride |
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| Mesopotamian civilization sprang up between which two rivers? |
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| why has it been very difficult to pin down just who the sumerian people were? |
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| because their language group is unrelated to any other in the middle east |
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| the sumerians provide us the first evidence that man had begun to use power other than his own strength to accomplish tasks. what was that evidence? |
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| why did sumerians develop trade? |
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| because they didn't have any metals, hard timber, or stones to build with |
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| the world's 1st mechanical device probably appeared in Mesopotamia about 3500 BCE what was it? |
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| what is Mesopotamian writing called? |
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| why can we all be happy that the mesopotamians shifted to a phonetic writing system? |
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| it involves fewer symbols |
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| define the term city state. |
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