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14 Cards in this Set
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prehistory |
what historians call the time before there was writing |
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hominid |
an early ancestor of humnas |
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ancestor |
a relative who lived in the past |
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tool |
any handheld object that has been modified to help a person accomplish a task |
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Paleolithic Era/ Old Stone Age |
the first part of the Stone Age |
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society |
a community of people who share a common culture |
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hunter-gatherers |
people who hunt animals and gather wild plants, seeds, fruits, and nuts to survive |
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migrate |
move |
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ice ages |
long periods of freezing weather |
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land bridge |
a strip of land connecting two continents |
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Mesolithic Era |
the Middle Stone Age |
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Neolithic Era |
New Stone Age |
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domestication |
the process of changing plants or animals to make them more useful to humans |
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agriculture |
farming |
