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| history before writing was developed |
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| human beings and human like creatures |
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| investigate prehistoric life by unearthing and interpreting the objects left behind by prehistoric people |
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| compare hominid bones and other fossil remains, looking for changes like brain size and posture |
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| a technique for determining somethings age |
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| a 3.2 million ear old skeleton of a hominid. Most complete skeleton ever found of an erect walking prehuman. |
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| the first prehuman hominid, "southern ape", 3.5-5.0 tall, walked on two feet, large faces, small brains, flat noses, and large teeth |
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| Lived during the first quarter of the Paleolithic period, known to manufacture tools, lived in Africa 2.5-1.5 million years ago |
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| Lived in Africa 1.8 million years to 30,000 years ago, were food gatherers, made fire |
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| Originated in Africa about 50,000 years ago, were more advanced |
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| between 2 million an 10,000 years ago, there has been four long periods of very cold climate, the temperature was below freezing almost all around the world |
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| The ability walking on 2 feet |
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| Africa dried out, left open savanahs and patches of forest, had to travel longer distances |
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| Standing upright, gather more food, women in the nests would have sex with the providers of food, more upright walking men were being made with, more upright walking offspring |
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| Reach food in higher places |
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| The first Homo Sapien, 5.5 feet tall, brains larger than ours, adapted to colder climates, mucus filled noses |
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| Had advanced toolmaking technology, better weapons...long distance, tall, aggresive, made transportation, canoe |
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| A German couple found the ice man in September 19,1991 buried in the snow, 5,000 years old |
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| People shifted from gathering and hunting for food, to producing it, constant food source, people stayed in one place for longer periods of time |
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| "Middle stone age", time of the stone age that was the precurser for the Neolithis Revolution |
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| River Valley Civilizations |
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| Farming settlement in river valley's, had specialized labors / jobs |
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| Farmers had to make a surplus of food |
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| The most important people / buildings were in the middle, and the farmers, artisans, and wearvers were behind them |
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| were made to back up the ruling of the king or pharaoh...i am the reason you are here, obey me |
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| The exchange of goods, ideas, and customs among different cultures |
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| A Democratic president elect, was a state senate of Illinois, wants to raise taxes |
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| A republican with more experience than Obama, doesn't want to raise taxes |
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| SMALL GOVERNMENT, MORE MILLITARY SPENDING, PRO LIFE |
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| LIBERAL, BIG GOVERNMENT, HIGHER TAXES, SOCIAL PROGRAMS, PRO CHOICE |
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| System in which we use to choose the president |
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| Based on the population of the state |
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| Lots of candidates for each party, need an election to just get one candidate |
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| An election between all the party's |
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| If one candidate wins he majority of the votes in one state, they get all the votes instead of just the ones that they won |
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| Annual flooding, Gave food, fertile land, transportation, religion, was worshiped as a God |
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| the Nile floods giving the Egyptians water, rich soil, and four different seasons |
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| Natural Defense of the Nile |
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| desert, and the 6 waterfalls, hard to navigate |
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| also known as Menes, a king of Upper Egypt, gathered the forces of the south and led them north to invade and conquer Lower Egypt |
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| Narmer built the capital city of Memphis |
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| Line of rulers from one family |
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| Lasted from 2700 B.C.- 2200B.C., built pyramids to honor their gods/king |
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| A government ruled by someone who is a religious leader and a political leader |
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| Nobles who ruled one of 42 Nomes that made up Ancient Egypt |
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| Built to honor their kings / Gods, and to provide them with an eternal place of rest |
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| Around 2200 B.C., the king of Memphis lost power to the Nobles, ended with the invasion of the Hyksos |
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| The capital was moved again in the Middle Kingdom to Thebes |
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| The Middle Kingdom ended with the Hyksos invading Egypt |
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| Egyptians took Egypt back from the Hyksos by learning how to use, and make their weapons against them |
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| An egyptian Prince who helped get Egypt back from the Hyksos |
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| "great house of the king" |
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| A queen who came into power with her husband |
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| Hatsheput's stepson, to young to govern |
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| wanted people to only believe in one god,Aton the sun disk god, Amenhotep changed his name to Akehnaton |
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| The last great Egyptian military pharaoh |
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| A stone that was carved with Greek letters and two kinds of Egyptian writing |
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| God of the Nile, life, death, an the rebirth of all living things |
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| The belief in more than one God |
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| figured out how to read what was on the rosetta stone |
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| Differences between Hominid groups |
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| Australopithecus, the first prehuman hominid, "southern ape", 3.5-5.0 tall, walked on two feet, large faces, small brains. Homo Habilis lived during the first quarter of the Paleolithic period, known to manufacture tools, lived in Africa 2.5-1.5 million years ago. Homo Erectus lived in Africa 1.8 million years to 30,000 years ago, were food gatherers, made fire, first to walk upright. Homo Sapiens originated in Africa about 50,000 years ago, were more advanced |
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| McHenry's Theory, Africa dried out, left open savanahs and patches of forest, had to travel longer distances. Lovejoy's Theory, standing upright, gather more food, women in the nests would have sex with the providers of food, more upright walking men were being made with, more upright walking offspring. Leakey's Theory, reach food in higher places |
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| Neanderthals vs. Cro-Magnons |
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| Neanderthals, the first Homo Sapien, 5.5 feet tall, brains larger than ours, adapted to colder climates, mucus filled noses.Cro-Magnon had advanced toolmaking technology, better weapons...long distance, tall, aggresive, made transportation, canoe |
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| Effects of Neolithic Revolution |
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| When people started to produce their own food, they stayed in one place for a longer period of time, instead of being nomadic, they also made a surplus of food so that there could be less farmers, and people could do other jobs |
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| Creation Myths as a way to control |
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| They were made to back up the ruling of the king or pharaoh...i am the reason you are here, Obey Me |
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| Annual flooding, Gave food, fertile land, transportation, religion, was worshiped as a God |
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| Events that ended and started each kingdom |
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| Middle and lower Egypt came together, Hyksos invaded |
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| Champollion's deciphering of the Rosetta Stone |
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| figured out how to read what was on the rosetta stone, he knew Greek and some hieroglyphics, he made educated guesses based on the languages that he knew |
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| Social Class in Ancient Egypt |
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| Pharaohs and Gods are the highest, workers are the lowest class |
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