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Define: Prehistory
Events that happen before the invention of writing
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Define: Fossils
The remains of a once livng thing
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Define: Artifacts
A human made object from long ago
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Define: Hominids
Early humans
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humans date back_______ years ago
200,000 yrs. ago
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early people wanderd around in _______ or ________
bands or groups
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what did early people do mostly
hunters and gatherers
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some groups settled and grew.....
food or crops
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early people created three things
costums, language and tools
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what scientists looked at to learn about prehistory
evidence
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what archaeologists study
things left behind from people
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what paleoanthropologists study
the ansectors of modern people
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where and when was the homo erectus found
1896 in Indonesia
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what was the first human found called
homo erectus
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where was the Australopithecine found
South Africa and Ethiopia
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what was the second human found called
an australopithecine
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what was the name of the australopithecine that johanson found and how old was it
"Lucy" 3 million yrs. old
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what did tim white discover in ethopia in 1994
an astrolopithecine
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what did louis and mary leakey find in 1959 in africa
a homo habilis
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australopihecines appeared in the south part of........
africa
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over how many yrs. ago
3 million
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were australopithecine plant eaters, hunters or both
plant eaters
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Australopithecine had little _______ power
brain
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homo hablis means_______
handy man
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Homo habilis lived in where
eastern and southern africa
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Homo habilis lived about_______ yrs ago
2.5 millon yrs ago
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homo habilis had larger ______ _______
brain power
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where homo habilis plant eaters, hunters or both
hunters and gatherers (both)
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homo habilis made what kind of tools
simple
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homo erectus means_______
man who stands up right
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Where are the homo erectus lived
africa
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how many yrs. aog did the homo erectus live
1.9 million yrs. ago
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homo erectus had more _____ power
brain
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What did fire help homo erectus to do
migrate to other countries
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homo erectus tamed fire what was it used for
protection and warmth
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homo erectus lived in bands that eventually spread to ___________
asia and europe
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homo erectus were gathers, hunters, or both
hunted and gathered (both)
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what kind of tools did homo erectus make
complex
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homo sapiens means ______ ________
wise human
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where did home sapiens live
africa
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How long ago did the first home sapiens live
150,000 yrs ago
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Homo sapiens lived at the same time as__________
homo erectus
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the H.S. had larger _______
brains
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What did the Home sapiens have taht Homo erectus did not?
More and better tools and language
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Define migration
A movement of groups form one place to another
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Define Ice Age
A long cold weathered period when huge sheets of ice covered the earth
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define culture
a unique way of life that sets another group a part
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define society
an organized group of people that live and work under a set of rules and traditions
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What do Achreoligist use to determine the age and purpose of thing found?
They use location of fossils and artifacts.
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What is radiocarbon dating used to do?
Measure how much carbon is left in a dead animal/plant/person, to determine age of fossil
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How large of bands do Homo sapiens live in
about 20 people of related families
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How did the band members work together
They worked together to find food, make clothes and build shelter
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What did homo sapiens gather
Fruit, nuts, roots, seeds
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What did homo spaiens hunt
fish, turtles, birds, small rodents
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What was special about their tools
they made different tools to do different jobs
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What did homo sapians live in
Caves and rock shelters
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Why did homo sapiens move around
When food was not available.
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Why did homo sapiens spread through the world
there were larger bands in need of food
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How did the Ice Age allow travel and migration
much of the earth was covered by glaciers so there was more dry land to travel and settle on
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How did land bridges help travel and what are they
Conninents were connected because the oceans were frozen
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Why did bands have their own culture
Because they had different resources and location
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How were cultures different, list of 5 things.
they varied in clothes, types of shelters, artifacts, tools, and problem solving ideas.
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How did cultures change
Contact with other bands of different cultures
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How did different cultures unite
by language allowing ideas to be shared and learning to work as a team
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