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What professional studies ancient peoples and artifacts? |
archaeologists |
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How do archaeologists draw conclusions about prehistoric people? |
analyze and study artifacts |
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Write the following in the correct order. a) Ice Age ends b) Beringia forms c) migration to North America d) people leave artifacts in Clovis, New Mexico |
1) Beringia forms 2) migration to North America 3) people leave artifacts in Clovis, New Mexico 4) Ice Age ends
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True or False For many years scholars believed the Clovis people to be the first people in Americas |
True |
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True or False Monte Verde, Chile was an important finding because it showed others may have lived in the Americas before the Clovis people |
True |
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What marked the beginning of the New Stone Age |
The use of Polish Rock tools |
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Describe the Stone Age |
1) Humans relied on pebble or stone tools 2) Humans made tools and weapons out of bone and wood 3) Humans developed new techniques in stoneworking and used polished rock tools
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How did early humans decide which animals to domesticate? |
If they are useful and met their needs |
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How did plant and animal domestication affect community life? |
They had more food so they could split up jobs. |
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What did surplus food lead to during the Stone Age? |
It led to social divions within a community |
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List the 4 main categories of culture from its definition |
1) customs 2) beliefs 3) art 4) technology |
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List 3 things that contribute to culture's development |
1) resources 2) landforms 3) climate |
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Give an example of how landforms and climate affected culture |
Mountain cultures - use rock to make tools Climates - sew apples Desert cultures - use plant stems to make baskets |
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How do archaeologists draw conclusions about an ancient civilization? |
Archaeologist find artifacts, analyze them and then drawn conclusions about the culture. |
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Why are the Clovis people important to archaeologists? |
They are important because the were the earliest Americans. Many theories are based on their artifacts. |
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Do people today use domesticated animals in the same way as people did during the Stone Age? |
Yes, because we use them for food and clothing. |
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Describe a time line and explain the difference between dates in B.C. and A.D. |
B.C. represent events that happen before Christ's birth.
A.D. means "int he year of our Lord" represents after Christ's birth |
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Culture can be described as |
the way in which individuals and groups interact with their environment |
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Ancient stone and simple pebble tools are indications of |
a Stone Age culture |
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An example of making the most of resources in the desert is |
people making twine, nets, baskets, and other items from plant stems or fibers |
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As cultures progressed, established farming led to |
settlements |
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In ancient Europe, different cultures arose as a result of |
the variety of landforms, climates, and types of soil |
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Prehistoric art provides |
a valuable view of prehistoric world |
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person who travels from place to place |
nomad |
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_____dating method used to estimate age after something dies |
carbon |
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huge ice sheet covering a stretch of land |
glacier |
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object made by people long ago |
artifact |
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place where archaeologists dig up artifacts |
excavation site |
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surface feature such as a valley or hill= |
landform |
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the study of the relationship between physical features, climate, and people |
geography |
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long peiord of time before people developed systems of writing and a written language |
prehistory |
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extra supply |
surplusd |
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ifferent |
diverse |
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the raising of plants and animals |
agriculture |
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to tame wild animals and plants |
domesticate |
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formed when work was divided up among villagers |
social divisions |
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average weather conditions over time |
climate |
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one who carefully uncovers evidence from the past |
archaeologist |
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the study of the ways of life of early people through things they left behind |
archaeology |
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the technology, customs, beliefs, and art of a people |
culture |
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way in which humans produce the items they use |
technology |
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to move from one area ot another |
migrate |
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to gather |
harvest |