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History
8th Grade
12/09/2008

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Prehistory
Definition
history before writing was developed
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Hominid
Definition
human beings and human like creatures
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Archeologists
Definition
investigate prehistoric life by unearthing and interpreting the objects left behind by prehistoric people
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Anthropologists
Definition
compare hominid bones and other fossil remains, looking for changes like brain size and posture
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Radio Carbon Dating
Definition
a technique for determining somethings age
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Lucy
Definition
a 3.2 million ear old skeleton of a hominid. Most complete skeleton ever found of an erect walking prehuman.
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Australopithecus
Definition
the first prehuman hominid, "southern ape", 3.5-5.0 tall, walked on two feet, large faces, small brains, flat noses, and large teeth
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Homo Habilis
Definition
Lived during the first quarter of the Paleolithic period, known to manufacture tools, lived in Africa 2.5-1.5 million years ago
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Homo Erectus
Definition
Lived in Africa 1.8 million years to 30,000 years ago, were food gatherers, made fire
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Homo Sapien
Definition
Originated in Africa about 50,000 years ago, were more advanced
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Ice Age
Definition
between 2 million an 10,000 years ago, there has been four long periods of very cold climate, the temperature was below freezing almost all around the world
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Bipedalism
Definition
The ability walking on 2 feet
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McHenry's Theory
Definition
Africa dried out, left open savanahs and patches of forest, had to travel longer distances
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Lovejoy's Theory
Definition
Standing upright, gather more food, women in the nests would have sex with the providers of food, more upright walking men were being made with, more upright walking offspring
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Leakey's Theory
Definition
Reach food in higher places
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Neanderthals
Definition
The first Homo Sapien, 5.5 feet tall, brains larger than ours, adapted to colder climates, mucus filled noses
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Cro-Magnons
Definition
Had advanced toolmaking technology, better weapons...long distance, tall, aggresive, made transportation, canoe
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Ice Man
Definition
A German couple found the ice man in September 19,1991 buried in the snow, 5,000 years old
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Neolithic Revolution
Definition
People shifted from gathering and hunting for food, to producing it, constant food source, people stayed in one place for longer periods of time
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Mesolithic Period
Definition
"Middle stone age", time of the stone age that was the precurser for the Neolithis Revolution
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River Valley Civilizations
Definition
Farming settlement in river valley's, had specialized labors / jobs
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Surplus
Definition
Farmers had to make a surplus of food
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Layout of Early Villages
Definition
The most important people / buildings were in the middle, and the farmers, artisans, and wearvers were behind them
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Creation Myths
Definition
were made to back up the ruling of the king or pharaoh...i am the reason you are here, obey me
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Trade/Cultural Diffusion
Definition
The exchange of goods, ideas, and customs among different cultures
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Obama
Definition
A Democratic president elect, was a state senate of Illinois, wants to raise taxes
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McCain
Definition
A republican with more experience than Obama, doesn't want to raise taxes
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Republican
Definition
SMALL GOVERNMENT, MORE MILLITARY SPENDING, PRO LIFE
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Democratic
Definition
LIBERAL, BIG GOVERNMENT, HIGHER TAXES, SOCIAL PROGRAMS, PRO CHOICE
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Electoral College
Definition
System in which we use to choose the president
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Electoral Votes
Definition
Based on the population of the state
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Primary Election
Definition
Lots of candidates for each party, need an election to just get one candidate
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General Election
Definition
An election between all the party's
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"Winner Takes All"
Definition
If one candidate wins he majority of the votes in one state, they get all the votes instead of just the ones that they won
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Nile River
Definition
Annual flooding, Gave food, fertile land, transportation, religion, was worshiped as a God
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Annual Flooding
Definition
the Nile floods giving the Egyptians water, rich soil, and four different seasons
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Natural Defense of the Nile
Definition
desert, and the 6 waterfalls, hard to navigate
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Narmer
Definition
also known as Menes, a king of Upper Egypt, gathered the forces of the south and led them north to invade and conquer Lower Egypt
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Memphis
Definition
Narmer built the capital city of Memphis
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Dynasty
Definition
Line of rulers from one family
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Old Kingdom
Definition
Lasted from 2700 B.C.- 2200B.C., built pyramids to honor their gods/king
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Theocracy
Definition
A government ruled by someone who is a religious leader and a political leader
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Nomarchs
Definition
Nobles who ruled one of 42 Nomes that made up Ancient Egypt
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Pyramids
Definition
Built to honor their kings / Gods, and to provide them with an eternal place of rest
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Middle Kingdom
Definition
Around 2200 B.C., the king of Memphis lost power to the Nobles, ended with the invasion of the Hyksos
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Thebes
Definition
The capital was moved again in the Middle Kingdom to Thebes
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Hyksos Invasion
Definition
The Middle Kingdom ended with the Hyksos invading Egypt
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New Kingdom
Definition
Egyptians took Egypt back from the Hyksos by learning how to use, and make their weapons against them
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Ahmose
Definition
An egyptian Prince who helped get Egypt back from the Hyksos
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Pharaoh
Definition
"great house of the king"
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Hatsheput
Definition
A queen who came into power with her husband
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Thutmose III
Definition
Hatsheput's stepson, to young to govern
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Amenhotep / Akhenaton
Definition
wanted people to only believe in one god,Aton the sun disk god, Amenhotep changed his name to Akehnaton
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Ramses II
Definition
The last great Egyptian military pharaoh
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Rosetta Stone
Definition
A stone that was carved with Greek letters and two kinds of Egyptian writing
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Hieroglyphics
Definition
Ancient Egyptian writing
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Re / Ra
Definition
The Sun God
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Osiris / Isis
Definition
God of the Nile, life, death, an the rebirth of all living things
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Polytheism
Definition
The belief in more than one God
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Champollion
Definition
figured out how to read what was on the rosetta stone
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Differences between Hominid groups
Definition
Australopithecus, the first prehuman hominid, "southern ape", 3.5-5.0 tall, walked on two feet, large faces, small brains. Homo Habilis lived during the first quarter of the Paleolithic period, known to manufacture tools, lived in Africa 2.5-1.5 million years ago. Homo Erectus lived in Africa 1.8 million years to 30,000 years ago, were food gatherers, made fire, first to walk upright. Homo Sapiens originated in Africa about 50,000 years ago, were more advanced
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Theories on Bipedalism
Definition
McHenry's Theory, Africa dried out, left open savanahs and patches of forest, had to travel longer distances. Lovejoy's Theory, standing upright, gather more food, women in the nests would have sex with the providers of food, more upright walking men were being made with, more upright walking offspring. Leakey's Theory, reach food in higher places
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Neanderthals vs. Cro-Magnons
Definition
Neanderthals, the first Homo Sapien, 5.5 feet tall, brains larger than ours, adapted to colder climates, mucus filled noses.Cro-Magnon had advanced toolmaking technology, better weapons...long distance, tall, aggresive, made transportation, canoe
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Effects of Neolithic Revolution
Definition
When people started to produce their own food, they stayed in one place for a longer period of time, instead of being nomadic, they also made a surplus of food so that there could be less farmers, and people could do other jobs
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Creation Myths as a way to control
Definition
They were made to back up the ruling of the king or pharaoh...i am the reason you are here, Obey Me
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Importance of the Nile
Definition
Annual flooding, Gave food, fertile land, transportation, religion, was worshiped as a God
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Events that ended and started each kingdom
Definition
Middle and lower Egypt came together, Hyksos invaded
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Champollion's deciphering of the Rosetta Stone
Definition
figured out how to read what was on the rosetta stone, he knew Greek and some hieroglyphics, he made educated guesses based on the languages that he knew
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Social Class in Ancient Egypt
Definition
Pharaohs and Gods are the highest, workers are the lowest class
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