Western civilization chapter 1-2 study guide
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Prehistory
Ans: Civilization before written records
Artifact
Ans: A human-made object, such as a tool or weapon
Culture's main components
Ans: Common practices of a society
Shared understandings
Social organization
Hominid
Ans: A member of a biological group including human beings and related species
that walk upright
Paleolithic
Ans: 2,500,000 to 8,000 BC where people made tools out of stone; old Stone Age
Neolothic
Ans: 8,000 to 3,000 BC where people discovered framing; New Stone Age
Technology
Ans: The ways in which people apply knowledge, tools, and inventions to meet their
needs
Nomad
Ans: A mobile people who moved from place to place searching for new sources of
food
Hunter-gather
Ans: A mobile people that hunt and forage for food
Domestication
Ans: The taming of wild animals for the use of farming or food
Neolithic revolution
Ans: The discovery of planting crops and harvesting them as a food source
Five components of civilization
Ans: Advanced cities