6th grade World History I, chapter 1 notes
History Chp.1
What is History?
What are Primary Sources?
What is Archaeology?
What is Anthropology?
What is Sociology?
What are Hominids?
What is a Neanderthal?
What are Homo Sapiens
What was the Paleolithic Age?
What is a Nomadic Society?
What is Knapping?
What is Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc?
What is the Lascaux cave?
What is the Altamira cave?
What is an Ice Age?
What is a Glacier?
What is Glaciation?
What is Interglaciation?
What is Domestication?
What is Agriculture?
What is the Neolithic Era?
What does Sedentary?
What is the Fertile Cresent?
What was the Neolithic Agricultural Revolution?
What was a Hunter-Gatherer?
What is a Positive Feedback Loop?
What is Climate
What is Human Adaptation?
What is Evolution?
What is Irrigation?
Lesson 1
History: The study of past events.
Primary Sources: History that was written by eyewitnesses, and people who have experienced it.
Archaeology: The study of Artifacts of the past.
Anthropology: The study of our origins.
Sociology: The study to observe our current society.
Lesson 2
Hominid: Humans are hominids that are closely related to monkeys.
Neanderthals: Neanderthals came around the time humans came, neanderthals were smarter than humans.
Lesson 3
Homo Sapiens: Humans.
Paleolithic Age: The stone age.
Nomadic Society: A culture that did not settle in one place.
Knapping: A skill to make stone tools.
Lesson 4
Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc cave: One cave that has cave paintings from a long time ago.
Lascaux cave: Another cave that has many cave paintings.
Altamira cave: A third cave that had many cave paintings.
Lesson 5
Ice Age: A period when the earth is completely covered in glaciers.
Glacier: A giant block of ice.
Glaciation: Glaciers extend from the poles to the equator.
Interglaciation: Glaciers move back to the poles.
Domestication: To tame an animal.
Agriculture: To grow crops.
Lesson 6
Neolithic Era: Period when agriculture started to rise.
Sedentary: A society that stays in place.
Fertile Cresent: Where agriculture first started to develop.
Lesson 7
Neolithic Agricultural Revolution: The transition from a hunter-gatherer lifestyle, to one based on agriculture.
Hunter-Gatherer: A lifestyle that depends on hunting and fishing for food.
Positive Feedback Loop: Agriculture is an example of a positive feedback loop since it had helped populations grow.
Lesson 8
Climate: Weather over time.
Lesson 9
Human Adaptation: Human Adaptation has two different forms.
Evolution: An example of the forms of human adaptation, and to evolve.
Irrigation: To divert water to another place that has little water.