Topic 1: Origins of civilization

Anthropology

• is the study of how human beings behave

• are hardened remains or imprints of living things that existed long ago

• anything made and used by humans

• scientists who study the physical materials of Earth itself, such as soil and rocks

artifact

• is the study of how human beings behave

• are hardened remains or imprints of living things that existed long ago

• anything made and used by humans

• scientists who study the physical materials of Earth itself, such as soil and rocks

Archaeologists

• is the study of how human beings behave

• are hardened remains or imprints of living things that existed long ago

• study human life in the past by examining the things that people left behind

• the time before written records

geologist

• is the study of how human beings behave

• are hardened remains or imprints of living things that existed long ago

• anything made and used by humans

• scientists who study the physical materials of Earth itself, such as soil and rocks

to change a way of life to suit a new environment

• adapt

• migration

• networks

• environments

the belief that the natural world is filled with spirits

• religion

• animism

• revolution

• nomads

people who move from place to place following herds of animals

• religion

• nomads

• revolution

• domesticate

Where was the first center of agriculture?

• Southwest Asia

• Africa

• South America

• North America

having more than enough food to feed themselves

• accumulated

• economy

• specialization

• surplus

a complex society that has cities, a well-organized government, and workers with specialized skills

• resource

• religion

• civilization

• social class