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What professional studies ancient peoples and artifacts?

archaeologists

How do archaeologists draw conclusions about prehistoric people?

analyze and study artifacts

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



True or False


For many years scholars believed the Clovis people to be the first people in Americas

True

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

What marked the beginning of the New Stone Age

The use of Polish Rock tools

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


How did early humans decide which animals to domesticate?

If they are useful and met their needs

How did plant and animal domestication affect community life?

They had more food so they could split up jobs.

What did surplus food lead to during the Stone Age?

It led to social divions within a community

List the 4 main categories of culture from its definition

1) customs


2) beliefs


3) art


4) technology

List 3 things that contribute to culture's development

1) resources


2) landforms


3) climate

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

How do archaeologists draw conclusions about an ancient civilization?

Archaeologist find artifacts, analyze them and then drawn conclusions about the culture.

Why are the Clovis people important to archaeologists?

They are important because the were the earliest Americans. Many theories are based on their artifacts.

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.

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

Culture can be described as

the way in which individuals and groups interact with their environment

Ancient stone and simple pebble tools are indications of

a Stone Age culture

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

As cultures progressed, established farming led to

settlements

In ancient Europe, different cultures arose as a result of

the variety of landforms, climates, and types of soil

Prehistoric art provides

a valuable view of prehistoric world

person who travels from place to place

nomad

_____dating method used to estimate age after something dies

carbon

huge ice sheet covering a stretch of land

glacier

object made by people long ago

artifact

place where archaeologists dig up artifacts

excavation site

surface feature such as a valley or hill=

landform

the study of the relationship between physical features, climate, and people

geography

long peiord of time before people developed systems of writing and a written language

prehistory

extra supply

surplusd

ifferent

diverse

the raising of plants and animals

agriculture

to tame wild animals and plants

domesticate

formed when work was divided up among villagers

social divisions

average weather conditions over time

climate

one who carefully uncovers evidence from the past

archaeologist

the study of the ways of life of early people through things they left behind

archaeology

the technology, customs, beliefs, and art of a people

culture

way in which humans produce the items they use

technology

to move from one area ot another

migrate

to gather

harvest