Euro civil Exam #2

Prehistory

Refers to the time before the advancement of writing

Culture

The unique way of life of a group of people

Artifacts

Objects made by humans and studied by archaeologists to draw conclusions about the past

Anthropologists

Study human culture, both past and present

Archaeologists

Excavate the site where human beings used to live

Paleontologist

Study fossils

Nomads

People who depend on wild plants and animals to survive

Culture is learned in what two ways?

1) They observe and imitate behavior of people in their society.

2) People in their society directly teach the culture to them, usually through spoken or written language

Explain the term Nomad

Nomads are a group of people who move constantly with mobile objects that they take

Explain the meaning of prehistory

Prehistory means the time when people weren’t documenting events and dates, until 5,000 years ago no one knew how to write so it eventually became a concept