geography
Study of people, their environment, and the resources available to them
latitude
measures the distance north or south of the equator
longitude
Measures the distance east or west of the prime meridian.
prehistory
refers to a long period of time before people invented systems of writing
anthropology
Study of the origins and development of people and their environment
artifact
objects made by human beings
technology
skills and tools people use to meet their basic needs
historian
Study of how people lived in the past
nomad
moving from place to place as the followed game animals and ripen fruits
glacier
sheets of ice
animism
belief that the world is full of spirits and forces that my reside in animals objects or dreams
domestic
tame
civilization
Complex highly organized social order
surplus
extra food
polytheistic
people that believe in many gods
artisan
skilled craft workers who made pottery or finely carved wooden goods
pictogram
simple drawings that looked like the objects that represented
scribe
people who learned to read and write
city-state
political unit that includes a city and it's surrounding lands and villages
empire
Group of states and territories controlled by one ruler
steppe
Nomadic workers tended cattle sheep goats or other animals
cultural diffusion
Spread of ideas customs and technologies from one person to another
Why is geography important to history?
by showing how people lived in different toms and places geographers attitude or knowledge
Old Stone Age
paleolithic buried dead with care. there is evidence they believed in spirits. they also made tools and weapons. earliest people may have lived in east africa
New Stone Age
after forming revolution people stayed in one place also domesticated animals grew in population
what caused civilizations to change?
because of shifts in the physical environment and interactions annoy people
What aided cultural diffusion among ancient peoples?
Ideas, customs, and technologies occurred through migration, trade, and warfare
Why do historians believe that early people believe in life after death?
Buried dead with great care. (tools, weapons, I don't goods)
Describe the role of rivers in the development of civilization
settled in areas that supported farming and growing food cooperating, stop flooding, build irrigation devices.
how did farming technology Transform the lives of Neolithic people?
could produce their own food? Settled into paramount villages, developed new skills and tools.