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Unit 1
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12
History
Not Applicable
01/17/2005

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Term
-Prehistory
Definition
-Time before recorded history
-2million BCE – 800 BCE
-Hunter gatherer society was most common form of society
-Most progression that we take for granted happened during this time period
-People working together having a system of cooperation
-Art first created
Term
-Culture
Definition
-Beliefs, language, customs or traditions that characterize a group of people or a time
Term
-Tools/technology
Definition
-Innovations or inventions from different cultures
-Systems or devices to assist in completing a task more easily
-Example, a shovel for digging. A basket for holding fruit
Term
-Paleolithic
Definition
-Old stone age
Term
-Neolithic
Definition
-New stone age
Term
-Venus Figurines/Venus of Willendorf
Definition
-4 inch tall lime stone figure of woman
-Symbolizes fertility
-Came from Western Eurasia
Term
-Hunter Gatherers (Gatherer Hunters)
Definition
-Nomadic Groups of 30 to 50 people that foraged for nuts berries and roots
-Needed to control population
-Hunted
Term
-Adaptation
Definition
-The process of physical or mental changes helping a creature change to fit to their environment
Term
-Lascaux; Cave Art Theories
Definition
-Cave paintings found in caves in France
-Sympathetic magic discovered
Term
-Sympathetic magic
Definition
-The idea that drawing or painting something will make it happen
-Hunter Gatherers drew pictures of animals and harvest.
-Caves that they were drawn in represented the womb of the earth
Term
-Nomadic
Definition
-Migratory group of people
-Not settled
Term
-Agricultural Revolution
Definition
-Period in which people learned to domesticated animals and when they learned to plant and grow their own food
-Surplus was created and because of that societies could expand their population and trade
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