Chapter 2 Wh

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Prehistory

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Time before written Record

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Archaelogist

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Studies Prehistory by looking at the human made remains of ancient Civilizations

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Anthropologist

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Studies Preshistory by examining the physical and cultural remains of ancient civilizations

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Hominid

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Ancient Ancestor of Man whose bones were found in Africa

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Australopithecus

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Early Hominid with a brain about 1/3 the size of modern man

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Language

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early development of man that allowed them to work out their problems and form relationships

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Society

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A community of people who share a common culture

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Religion

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Believed to be an early development of man because graves of early man were found containing artifacts and food

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Hunter Gathers

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Name for people that hunted animals and gathered plants to survive

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Homo Habalis

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Found in Africa, known as "Handy Man" he could use tools

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Homo Erectus

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Early form of man known as "upright man" He could control fire

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Homo Sapiens

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known as "wise or Intelligent man" he could create fire

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Stone Age

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Period of time marked by the development of ancient man being able to use stone to make tools.

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Women

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Role was to gather plants to eat and watch the children and take care of the camp

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Migration

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To move from one area to another

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Ice Age

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Period of time that started 1.6 million years ago. It caused people to migrate across land bridges out of Africa

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Land Bridge

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A strip of land that is uncovered when ocean levels drop due to the Ice Age. Used for migration of ancient man from Africa.

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Antartica

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by 9000 B.C. this is the only uninhabited continent

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Bering Land Bridge

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The land bridge by which people migrated ino the Americas

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Pit Houses

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Pits in the ground used for housing

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Three types of early shelter

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Tents, house made of bone and wood and pit houses

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Three changes due to the domestication of animals and the cultivation of plants

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Permanent settlements
Populations grew
developed religion

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Mesolitic Era

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Middle Stone Age
Bow and arrow were invented and hooks

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Neolitic Era

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New Stone Age
Era when people could make fire and saws and drills.

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Neolitic Revolution

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The movment from hunter and gathering to farming and raising animals

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Megaliths

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Huge stones put in place for possible religious significance. eample Stonehenge in England