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What was important about Mary Leakey's Discovery?
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She discovered the first remnince of prehumans
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What are Hominids?
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Human beings and other living things that walk upright
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Define Prehistory
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The long period of time before people developed writing
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What does and anthropologist study?
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The physical features, development, and behavior of hominids
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What does and archeologist study?
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The material remains of prehistoric and historic people
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What are 3 ways that fire helped early man develop?
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It protected them from freezing winters, it cooked their food, it frightened away predators, and it helped slaughter animals
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What does a burial site say about early man?
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It shows us that they believed in life beyond death
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What is the same about Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons? What is different?
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Neanderthanls were caring, powerfully built, found in Germany, and had a larger brain than homo erectus. Cro Magnons were advanced in speaking, had better tools for hunting, learned how to sew, and were found in South Africa
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How did daily life change during the Neolithic time period?
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The early man started farming
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What are the factors that caused the agricultural revolution?
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Global warming supported crops and the crops supported more people using less space, which was good for the population boom
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What type of problems developed during the growth of villages?
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Natural disasters, disease, and attacks from nomads and wanderers all were problems city-states had
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What are the 5 key traits of civilization?
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1)The rise of cities
2)Specialized Workers 3)The use of writing 4)Advanced Tools 5)Complex Institutions |
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What are the 3 stone age periods?
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Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic
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