Unit 1 - Intro to AP World - Prehistory & Geography

Latitude

Horizontal lines across the globe

Radiocarbon dating

Dating artifacts and fossils based on the amount of carbon

Climate

The weather over a long period of time

religion

way people act based on BELIEFS

artifacts

personal items left behind from early humans

Paleolithic Age

Old Stone Age, 2.5mil - 8,000 B.C.E

Paleontologists

archaeologists who mainly study fossils

stonehenge

religious monument built by the neolithic people

migration

movement of people to different places due to harsh living consitions

Neolithic revolution

The agricultural revolution

Catalhoyuk

A cultural hearth in southwest asia

cultural hearths

place or origin of a culture or religion

metallurgy

Metalworking

record keeping

creating written records to record things

longitude

vertical lines across the golbe

compass rose

tells the cardinal directions on a map

canal

man-made waterway which allow for easier travel for boats and ships

continent

large piece of land in water

island

small piece of land in water

culture

the way a certain group live life

Homo habilis

oldest homo sapien

Cro-Magnons

closest resemblance to humans

Neolithic age

10,000 - 8,000 B.C.E

nomads

people who travel from place to place in search of resources.

land bridges

connected two pieces of land with a thin strip

slash and burn farming

burning grass for clear fields

civilization

a group of people living together

cities

large areas with compact living

artisans

skilled workers who work with their hands.

equator

longest latitude line in the earth

scale

how big something is on a map compared to the real thing.

peninsula

a strip of land touching water on 3 sides.

ocean

large body of water not surrounded by land

sea

big body of water surrounded by land

hominins

first form of early humans

homo erectus

created fire

archaeologists

study fossils and artifacts

technology

innovations or inventions made using knowledge

hunter-gatherers

way that paleolithic People got food.

domestication

taming animals and farming plants

agriculture

process of farming and growing crops

labor speacialization

people working as jobs other than farmers.

trade

switching items with other people to gain what you want

priamry source

source which came directly from the incident

Prime Meridian

Longest longitude line in the earth

hemispheres

sides which are split by the equator and prime meridian

archipelago

a group of islands tightly grouped together

delta

forms at the mouth of a river and feeds into a lake, sea or ocean

fossils

remains left behind by living things

homo sapiens

earliest form of humans (general name)

antrhopoligsts

study the culture of artifacts

Out of Africa theory

people migrated out of Africa for better food and resources

cultural diffusion

culture spreading in areas where one person celebrates it.

fertile crescent

place where the first neolithic people settled down

food surplus

having extra food

government

a form of “rulers” who keep order in the group

secondary source

a source which uses primary sources to get information.