Ch 1 Sect 1-3: Understanding Our Past

Discovered footprints of an early hominid near Olduvai Gorge.

• Henry Jones

• Donald Johanson

• Mary Leakey

• Louis Leakey

Study of past people and cultures through material remains.

• Archaeology

• Historian

• paleontology

• Anthropology

Before written history.

• Prehistory

• Artifact

• Culture

• Technology

Study origins and development of people.

• Culture

• Archaeology

• Anthropology

• History

Something adapted for human use to make life easier, to help meet basic wants and needs.

• Technology

• Artifact

• Material Remains

• Tool

A belief system or way of life.

• Artifact

• Religion

• Culture

• Prehistory

Studies written history.

• Anthropologist

• Historian

• Archaeologist

• Prehistory

The name given to the australopithecine discovered in Ethiopia.

• Lucy

• Black Bird

• Sgt. Pepper

• Ausie

Discovered an australopithecine in Ethiopia

• Mary Leakey

• Donald Johanson

• Louis Leakey

• Henry Jones

Material remains adapted for human use.

• Artifact

• Technology

• Tools

• Prehistory