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- Scientist who study the development of human culture are known as
- anthropologists
- Lucy the oldest hominid is an important discovery not only because of her age but also because she had
- opposable thumbs
- In prehistoric times women were equal to men because they
- provided food, and therefore more calories when the hunt produced none
- Of the following this was not a result of safer, more settled life of agricultural villages
- nomadic lifestyle
- slash and burn farming refers to
- clearing land for farming
- neolithic people in many parts of the world independently developed agriculture. Regions where agriculture developed during this period included
- Africa, China & the Americas
- The main result of domestication of animals was that humans
- had a ready supply of meat products
- advanced cities, specialized workers, complex institutuons, record keeping, and advanced technology are
- the five feautures of a civilization
- Wedge shaped form of writing developed in anchient Sumer
- cuneiform
- The ideas and methods that historians use to do research is known as
- historiography
- Slavery, serfdom, indentured and wage labor are all exapmles of this world history theme
- labor systems
- The process by which ideas, beliefs, customs and goods pass from one group to another is known as
- cultural diffusion
- Textbook, encylopedias and editorials are examples of this type of source
- secondary
- Diaries, autobiographies, photographs, and artifacts are examples of this type of source
- primary
- war, disease, technology or new crops all impact this world history theme involving changes in populations (bith, death, life expectancy)
- demographic changes
- The political, economic, social and cultural behavior of and perceived expectations for women and men is known as this world history theme
- gender roles
- the fourth step of historical research is to evaluate evidence by checking sources for meaning, or what the words of the document actually say, and this, or truthfulness and accuracy
- reliability
- when a source favors one side and/or gives a particular view of an event, a view that is not necessarily negative, but is indicated through loaded words, the source is using
- bias
- In the fifth step of historical research, historians interpret their topic, contributing to one of the six philosophies of history. There are two types of historical interpretation
- reconstructionist
- This philosophy of history holds that all human relations, and therefore history, is shaped by interaction between women and men
- providential
- This philosophy of history holds that economics are at the root of all human action, and therefore history
- Marxism
- Sumer, the first known civilization which flourished between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, was in this modern-day country, located in southwest Asia or the middle east
- Iraq
- The earliest evidence of reflective thought such as burying the dead, is associated with the Neanderthal people named for a valley in this Western European country
- Germany