WORLD HISTORY UNIT 1 AND CHAPTER 1 VOCABULARY

EARLY HUMANS

WITHOUT WRITING, HOW MUCH DO WE REALLY KNOW ABOUT OUR MOST ANCIENT ANCESTORS?

THOSE WHO STUDY EARLY HUMANS

Pre-History--the period of time before writing was invented

Archaeology--the study of past societies based on what people left behind

Artifacts--objects made by humans Anthropology -- the study of human life and culture

AN ANTHROPOLOGIST BUSY AT WORK

THE OLDEST OF THE OLD!

Fossils---rock life remains of biological organisms Hominid--a humanlike creature that walked upright Australopithecus--"southern ape", or better known as "Lucy" Homo sapiens sapiens -- wise, wise humans (scientific term) "out-of-Africa" theory-- Homo sapiens sapiens appeared in Arica

between 150,000 and 200,000 years ago and that they probably spread out of Africa to other parts of the world about 100,000 years ago, replacing populations of earlier hominids in Europe and Asia.

THIS IS THE THEORY & A MODEL OF WHAT SCIENTISTS BELIEVE TO BE OUR EARLIEST ANCESTORS – AN ORIGINAL PRIMITIVE

ANCIENT PLACES TO LIVE BESIDES CAVES AND GRASS “LEAN-TO’S”

Olduvai Gorge--where Louis and Mary Leaky found the oldest remains of humans. The nickname of the "human" was "Lucy“

THE CURRENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIG AT CATAL HUYUK. A PRECIOUS FIND!

THE BEGINNINGS OF A CIVILIZED LIFE

THE “AGES”

Paleolithic Age--Used to designate the early period of human history (approximately 2,500,000 B.C. to 10,000 B.C.) in which humans used simple stone tools. Means "old stone"

Bronze Age -- of time form 3000 B.C. to 1200 B.C., during which people began using bronze, rather than copper or stone, to fashion tools and weapons

Iron Age -- A period of time following the Bronze Age in which tools and weapons were made out of iron, about 1000 B.C.

PALEO; MEANS “OLD”/LITHIC; MEANS STONE (OLD STONE AGE) & NEO; MEANS “NEW”/LITHIC; MEANS STONE (NEW STONE AGE)

CIVILIZATION KICKS-IN

Culture -- the way of life Civilization --- a complex culture in which large numbers of

human beings share a number of common elements Monarchs -- kings or queens who rule a kingdom Priests -- an important and powerful person who supervised

rituals aimed at pleasing the gods and goddesses Artisans -- skilled workers that made goods for trade with

neighboring people

ANCIENT ARTISAN

MODERN ARTISAN