Global Midterm Review Chap. 1-6 Exam Questions and Answers Fully Solved Latest Version

Global Midterm Review Chap. 1-6 Exam Questions and Answers Fully Solved Latest Version city-state - Answersa city and its surrounding lands functioning as an independent political unit artifact - Answersa human-made object, such as jewelry, tool, or weapon polytheism - Answersa belief in many gods culture - Answersa people's unique way of life, as shown by its tools, customs, arts, and ideas hominid - Answersa member of a biological group including human beings and related species that walk upright Paleolithic Age - AnswersThe Old Stone Age, which lasted from 2.5 million to 8000 B.C. where the invention of tools, fire, and language took place. Neolithic Age - AnswersThe New stone age which went from about 8000 B.C to 3000 B.C. People who lived during this learned to polish stone tools, make pottery, grow crops, and raise animals. Neolithic Revolution - Answersthe major change in human life caused by the beginnings of farming Homo habilis - Answers"Handy man." The first fossil members of the genus Homo appearing 2.5 million years ago, with larger brains and smaller faces than australopithecines. First to use tools. Homo erectus - Answers"Upright man." A species within the genus Homo first appearing just after 2 million years ago in Africa and ultimately spreading throughout the Old World. More advanced than homo habilis. Neanderthals - AnswersIn Europe, another human-like species which lived and adapted to life in the cold climates of the last Ice Age. However, not genetically related to humans. Cro-Magnon - Answersa prehistoric European population of modern humans (Homo sapiens) known from fossils, paintings, sculptures, and other artifacts. More advanced than the Neanderthals. Homo sapiens - AnswersThe biological species to which modern human beings belong. technology - Answersthe ways in which people apply knowledge, tools, and inventions to meet their needs cultural diffusion - Answersthe spreading of ideas or products from one culture to another artisan - Answersa skilled worker, such as a weaver or a potter, who makes goods by hand domesticate - Answersto tame animals for human use barter - Answersa form of trade in which people exchange goods and services without the use of money nomad - Answersa member of a group that has no permanent home, wandering from place to place in search of food and water hunter-gatherers - AnswersNomadic groups whose food supply depends on hunting animals and collecting plant foods. slash-and-burn farming - AnswersA farming method in which people clear fields by cutting and burning trees and grasses, the ashes of which served to fertilize the soil. The land is farmed for a couple of years and then farmers move to another area and repeat the process. dynasty - Answersa series of rulers from a single family Bronze Age - Answersa period in human history, beginning around 3000 BC in some areas, during which people began using bronze cuneiform - Answersa system of writing with wedge-shaped symb