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Define Nomad
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Traveling people with no permanent home who usually follow sources of food and/or water.
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Define Fertile
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Capable of producing vegetation; abundantly productive.
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Define Resources
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A supply that can be readily drawn upon when needed.
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Define Polytheism
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Believing in more than one god.
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Define Revolution
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A sudden, complete, or marked change in something.
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Define Domesticate
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To tame animals and adapting crops for human use.
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Define Archaeologist
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A scientist who studies artifacts and fossils to better understand ancient history.
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Define Anthropologist
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A scientist who studies ancient people's origins, behavior, and physical, social, and cultural development. |
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Define Fossils
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Any remains or traces of a living thing of a former geological age. |
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Define Hominids |
Early humans and humans who walk upright; believed to be the ancestors of humans. |
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Define Metallurgy
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The technique of heating and working metals. |
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Define Innovation
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Something new or different.
(Tip: Innovation that Excites from Nissan (all rights reserved) is a good way to remember this) |
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What is the Paleolithic Era also known as?
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The Old Stone Age |
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How old is the Paleolithic Era?
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2.5 million years ago to 10 thousand years ago.
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What kind of people lived in the Paleolithic Era?
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Hunter-Gatherer Nomads |
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What kind of tools did Paleolithic people use?
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Chipped Stone Tools
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What is the ideal number of people in one group for a peaceful society with no in-fighting?
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40
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What language did Paleolithic people use?
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Spoken Language NOT Written Language |
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Are there cave paintings in the Paleolithic Era?
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Yes
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What kind of tools and weapons did the Paleolithic people use? |
Stone, bone, and probably wood.
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Where is 'the starting point of humanity?'
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Africa
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Where was Lucy found?
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Ethiopia
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Who was Lucy found by?
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Donald Johanson & Maurice
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When was Lucy found?
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1974
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What species is Lucy?
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Australopithecus Afarensis
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How old are Lucy's remains?
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3.2 million.
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What makes Lucy special?
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She stands erect! (Bipedal)
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When was Neanderthal Man's skull found?
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August 1856
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Where was Neanderthal Man's remains found? |
Neanderthal Cave
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What were the men who found Neanderthal Man's skull looking for originally?
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Limeston
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About how long ago did Neanderthal Man live?
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50 thousand years ago
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What book did Charles Darwin write? |
The Origin of Evolution
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What one species did Darwin leave out when saying that all living things evolved from something simpler? |
Humans
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What is the Missing Link's theory? |
The theory that the evolution of man went from ape to the Missing Link to humans, with nothing in between.
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What is the Missing Link? |
A combination of humans and apes.
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How long did it take for most people to stop believing in the theory of the Missing Link? |
The 1960s
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Who introduced Piltdown Man?
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Charles Dawson |
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What is so special about Piltdown Man? |
He is a hoax
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Where was Piltdown Man found? |
Britain
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Why did Europeans want to believe Piltdown Man was the Missing Link?
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Because British wanted their country to be more important back then and no other significant fossils had been found in Britain.
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Who found Zinj?
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Louis and Mary Leakey
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When was Zinj found?
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1959
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Why was Louis and Mary Leakey looking for Zinj?
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They had found tools at the dig site and not the maker of them.
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Where was Zinj found? |
Tanzania
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What other significant find did Louis and Mary Leakey make? |
Homo Habillis
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What does Habillis mean? |
"Handy Man"
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Which was the real toolmaker, Homo Habillis or Zinj? |
Homo Habillis |
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Why was Lucy named Lucy?
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The Beatles song 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds' continuously played at the dig site when Lucy was found.
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When was Homo Habillis found? |
1960
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Where was Java Man found? |
Java Island
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Who was Java Man found by?
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Eugene Dubois (pronounced Doobwah; the second 'e' is accented) |
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Where else did Dubois look for ancient skeletons? |
Sumatra
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Who is credited for Taung Child? |
Raymond Dart
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Why did nobody believe Taung Child could be the Missing Link? |
Enamored with Piltdown Man
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Where is Raymond Dart from?
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Aulstralia
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What species is Taung Child?
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Australopithecus Africanus
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What is human evolution more like than the Missing Link theory?
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A tree
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What is the Great Migration? |
The movement of ancient people out of Africa.
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Why did ancient people leave Africa during the Great Migration?
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Food and water; Nomadic purposes
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What made the Ice Age important for the Great Migration (ancient)?
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The Bejing Strait froze over and became passable, and afterwards trapped people when the Bejing Strait melted. |
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What was the Bejing Strait during the Ice Age?
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A land bridge.
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What is considered the most important landform for early civilizations? |
Rivers
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What is water for?
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Hydraulic Engineering, Agriculture, Hygiene, Authority, Art, Religion, Wealth, Survival (Many things) |
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What is the Neolithic Era also known as?
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The New Stone Age
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How long ago was the Neolithic Era?
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10 thousand years ago.
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What kind of tools did the Neolithic people use?
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Polished and grinded stone.
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What did the Neolithic people depend on?
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Domesticated plants and animals.
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What kind of people lived in the Neolithic Era?
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No longer nomads,people who lived in permanent settlements. |
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What did Neolithic people develop?
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Pottery and Weaving
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What was different about Neolithic weaving?
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They did not use a loom.
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When did the Agricultural Revolution take place?
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In the Neolithic Era
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What does the Agricultural Revolution refer to?
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The discovery of farming.
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How long did it take most groups of ancient people in the Neolithic Era to fully rely on farming for survival? |
200 to 400 years
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What are some side-effects that came out of the Agricultural Revolution?
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Better nutrition, population increase, permanent settlements, domestication of plants, land ownership and conquering, trade of extra/surplus food, law & government, division of labor, slavery, change of environment. |
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What effect did metallurgy have on the Stone Age?
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The Stone Age ended and became the Bronze Age.
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Which two significant metals came first in time?
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Copper, then bronze.
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What is bronze made of?
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A mix of copper and tin.
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What religion did Stone Age people probably believe in? |
Animism ; The belief that all things in nature have spirits.
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Define Animism |
The belief that all things in nature have spirits.
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What two things did Stone Age people likely believe in? |
Animism and life after death
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What, other than animism, did Stone Age people likely believe in?
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Life after Death
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What did ancient people begin practicing once settlements became permanent?
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Creation and more organized rituals.
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What did early governments probably do?
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Farm
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Why was early government usually formed because of farming? |
Managing a growing population took lots of planning.
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What belief did most rulers control under?
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The Belief of Divine Right (Having the blessing of the God or Gods)
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If the ruler did not control under the Belief of Divine right, what similar religious reason might a ruler be in control because of? |
They claim to be the child of the God or Gods.
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When is polytheism more popular, ancient times or present times?
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Ancient times.
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