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26 Cards in this Set
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Prehistory
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Time before written Record
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Archaelogist
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Studies Prehistory by looking at the human made remains of ancient Civilizations
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Anthropologist
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Studies Preshistory by examining the physical and cultural remains of ancient civilizations
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Hominid
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Ancient Ancestor of Man whose bones were found in Africa
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Australopithecus
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Early Hominid with a brain about 1/3 the size of modern man
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Language
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early development of man that allowed them to work out their problems and form relationships
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Society
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A community of people who share a common culture
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Religion
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Believed to be an early development of man because graves of early man were found containing artifacts and food
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Hunter Gathers
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Name for people that hunted animals and gathered plants to survive
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Homo Habalis
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Found in Africa, known as "Handy Man" he could use tools
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Homo Erectus
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Early form of man known as "upright man" He could control fire
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Homo Sapiens
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known as "wise or Intelligent man" he could create fire
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Stone Age
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Period of time marked by the development of ancient man being able to use stone to make tools.
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Women
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Role was to gather plants to eat and watch the children and take care of the camp
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Migration
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To move from one area to another
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Ice Age
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Period of time that started 1.6 million years ago. It caused people to migrate across land bridges out of Africa
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Land Bridge
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A strip of land that is uncovered when ocean levels drop due to the Ice Age. Used for migration of ancient man from Africa.
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Antartica
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by 9000 B.C. this is the only uninhabited continent
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Bering Land Bridge
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The land bridge by which people migrated ino the Americas
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Pit Houses
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Pits in the ground used for housing
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Three types of early shelter
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Tents, house made of bone and wood and pit houses
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Three changes due to the domestication of animals and the cultivation of plants
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Permanent settlements
Populations grew developed religion |
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Mesolitic Era
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Middle Stone Age
Bow and arrow were invented and hooks |
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Neolitic Era
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New Stone Age
Era when people could make fire and saws and drills. |
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Neolitic Revolution
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The movment from hunter and gathering to farming and raising animals
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Megaliths
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Huge stones put in place for possible religious significance. eample Stonehenge in England
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