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HISTORICAL ANTECEDENTS IN THE WORLD Flashcards

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A system of classifying ancient ages into groups based on tool development stages

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Three-age system

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Period of great scientific intellectual achievements that contributed to essential changes in scientific investigations

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Scientific revolution

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Period of complex technological inventions that eventually replaced human and animal forces.

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Industrial revolution

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or digital age; a period characterized by the change from traditional industry to an economy that is founded on the computerization of information.

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Information age

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2.5 million years ago - 3000 BC; Weapons are made of stone, wood, bone, or some other material aside from metals.

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Stone Age

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Three-age system

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Paleolithic (Old Stone), Mesolithic (Middle Stone) and Neolithic (New Stone) Period

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Longest phase of human history.-Humans were suggested to evolve from ape-like creatures to homo-sapiens.

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Paleolithic Period

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first manmade dwellings.

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Pit Houses

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a carving of a woman out of ivory stone.

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Venus

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Marked the end of the last Ice Age; which resulted in the extinction of large mammals, rising sea levels, and climate change which caused men to migrate.

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Mesolithic Period

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small stone tools; polished; sometimes crafted with points attached to antlers, bones, or wood to serve as spears; also used for digging and stitching clothes.

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Microliths

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was introduced which led to permanent settlements.

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Agriculture

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villages of huts and walled cities

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Mesolithic settlements

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Permanent shelters; Cultural and technological development was based on agriculture; Wide domestication of plants and animals.

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Neolithic Period

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3000 BC-1200 BC; Tools (ox-drawn bronze plow and wheel) and weapons are widely made from copper or bronze (copper and tin alloy)

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Bronze Age

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Bronze is made up of what

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88% Copper and 12% Tin

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Metal extraction from ore; Sumerians of Mesopotamia

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Smelting

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Use of man-made canals and ditches to divert water from natural sources; floodplains to fields; reservoir lake.

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Irrigation

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Rotation of the crops planted in numerous fields to replenish nutrients in the soil.

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Field System

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Equation of this object was found on Babylonian earth tablet (2800BC); made from cassia oil, water, and alkali.

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Soap

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built to honor their dead pharaohs

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Pyramids

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1500 BC-450 AD; Tools and weapons are made from iron and steel.

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Iron Age

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metal harder than copper and tin.

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Smelting Iron

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equipment for smelting.

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Smelting pit

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Imprinted metal pieces for exchange; emerged in Lydia (600BC), a kingdom in Anatolia peninsula (modern-day Turkey); images that are imprinted are sort of a currency.
Coins
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450 AD - 1450 AD; AKA Medieval Period; Dark Ages (Rome and Greece were conquered); Beginning of Feudalism
Middle Ages
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the willingness to be ruled by the lords led to the beginning of?
Feudalism
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pulls on the horse’s shoulders for ploughing and wagon; Chinese innovation that came to Europe
Horse collar
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From China; a magnetic device that showed direction
Magnetic compass
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A stone age invention; rotary motion to reciprocal motion to generate power.
Water-mill
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The development of ______ led to the creation of the first mechanical clocks.
Verge escapement
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an early type of seismograph that determine the presence and direction of an earthquake.
Seismoscope
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started in 140 BC but was officially used in writing at a later time (105 AD). The early uses of this paper were for clothing, wall décor, artworks, and even in toilets.
Chinese paper making/Chinese Paper
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a magnetized stone of iron, in Han dynasty.
Iodestone
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was developed in the middle ages as weapons for military activities
Canon and Gun Powder
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that utilizes needles for medical therapy
Acupuncture
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what was the first movable type of printing made of?
Pottery/Porcelain
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carry heavy loads and wagons as well as carry royalties around when they need to travel.
Wheel barrow
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science of smelting
Metallurgy
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was established during this time in India which is based on the belief that health and wellness depend on a delicate balance between the mind, body, and spirit; promotes good health
Ayurveda
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completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that opened the way for European exploration, exploitation, and colonization of the Americas.
Christopher Columbus
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3 civilizations in Pre-Columbian America
Mayan, Aztec, Inca
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made of limestones; display of their architectural prowess.
Pyramids
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monetary units
Cocoa Beans
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365 days in a year; comprises 18 months of 20 days.
Mayan solar calendar
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process of clearing forest lands by cutting trees and plants and burning the remaining vegetation to create land for agriculture.
Slash and Burn
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a peculiar ritual of the Aztecs; uses razor-sharp obsidian blades to slice open their chests and offer their still-beating hearts to their Gods.
Human sacrifices
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to provide access to stream water with retaining walls; deflect heat during hot days; prevent crops from frostbites at night.
Irrigation canals
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Contrary to the Aztecs’ slash-and-burn technique, the Incas utilized more advanced farming method which was?
Terrace farming
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3cs of the scientific revolution
Creativity, Curiosity, Critical-Thinking
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NICOLAUS COPERNICUS
Copernican Heliocentrism
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Copernicus Heliocentrism
sun at the center of the universe; planets orbit around the sun in circular paths and are modified by epicycles.
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JOHANNES KEPLER
The three (3) laws of planetary motion
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ISAAC NEWTON
3 laws of motion
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more powerful than standard telescopes.
Reflecting telescope
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CHARLES DARWIN
Theory of evolution
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SIGMUND FREUD
Psychoanalysis
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Mid-18th century; Started in Great Britain; Transition from creating goods by hand to using machines.
Industrial Revolution
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Began around the 1970s up to present. Is also known as the computer age, digital age, or new media age.
Information Age
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designed by Charles Babbage in the 1830s
Analytical Engine
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Information age is divided into:
Gutenberg Revolution and Post-Gutenberg Revolution
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books printed using movable type printing presses in the beginning of the Gutenberg era.
Incunabula

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