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26 Cards in this Set
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What is the meaning of artifacts?
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Objects that people in the past made or used.
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What is Australopithecine?
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The oldest found fossil of a human like character.
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Who found Australopithecine?
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Donald Johanson in 1974 in Ethiopia
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What characteristics does the Australopithecine have?
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Heavy Jaw, learge teeth, 1/3 the size of a human's brain, walked upright, and was about 4ft. tall
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What is the second oldest human like fossil?
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The Homo Habilis
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When and where was the Homo Habilis found?
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1959 in Tanzania, Africa
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Who found the first Homo Habilis?
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Louis and Mary Leakey
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How old is the Homo Erectus?
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2-1.5 million years old
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What are some characteristics of the Homo Habilis?
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Smaller teeth, and hands are more formed, they were also nomads. 1/2 the sized brain that humans have.
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What are some characteristics and significances of the Homo Erectus?
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They where the first of ther kind to leave Africa and they had 3/4 the size of a humans brain.
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What could the Homo Erectus do that the Ausrtalopithociene and Homo Habilis couldn't?
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They could control fire.
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What can the Homo Sapiens do that the Ausrtalopithociene and Homo Habilis couldn't?
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They could make and control fire
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What are some characteristics of the Homo Sapiens?
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Larger brains than the homo erectus, they where more like the humans of today, and they migrated more.
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How old was the Neaderthal and where was it said to live?
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200,000-30,000 years ago, and in the Neander Caves in France.
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How old are the Cro-Magnons and where were they found?
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40,000 years ago and all across Euroupe.
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What are some characteristics of the Cro-Magnons?
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Sturdy and Muscualr, identical to modern humans, and they were able to survive better.
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What are the stages of the Stone Age?
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Paleolithic and Neolithic.
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What are some characteristics of the Paleolithic age?
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Nomads, hunters and gatherers, men & women are equal.
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What are some examples of technology in the Paleolithic age?
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Stones, spears, fire, needles, clothing, and houses.
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What was the type of religion that the cro-magnons and neanderthals believe in?
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Animalism- spirits that live in animals.
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How old is the Ice Age?
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1.6 million years ago
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When did the Neolithic Age begin?
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8000-3000 B.C.
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What developed during the Neolithic Age?
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domesticated wheat, goats, and barley
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What is the only standing Neolithic village and how old is it?
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Catal Huyuk and it's 8,000 years old
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What where some changes in the Neolithic age?
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Irrigation systems, division of labor, villages became cities, trade centers, religion, organized government, social clasess, record of keeping and writing, and the arts, warefare, enviormental issues.
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What where some changes in the Neolithic age?
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Irrigation systems, division of labor, villages became cities, trade centers, religion, organized government, social clasess, record of keeping and writing, and the arts, warefare, enviormental issues.
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