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things that happened before people were able to keep track of history.
A long period of time before written language was developed |
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| The study of ancient people and their culture through the things that remain such as buildings, tools, and pottery. |
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| a person who studies archaelogy |
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| objects made by people long ago |
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| to move from one place to another |
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| a big piece of ice / huge ice sheets |
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| Why are early peoples described as hunters and food gatherers? |
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| because that was the only way that they could survive. |
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| How can objects we find today tell us about people who lived before written history ? |
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| they tell us what they must have hunted, what their houses must have looked like, and what they looked like. |
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| Do archaeologists believe that humans moved first from East Africa or Europe? And where they move to ? |
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| Archaeologists believe that early people moved first from east Africa. They moved to the bering strait and then crossed the land bridge. |
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| What important finding was made in Clovis and in which country is this place located? |
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| It is in the US in the state of New Mexico.They discovered 11000 years old tools for hunting. |
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| Describe the landscape during the Ice Age? |
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| Their were many glaciers covering majority of the earth. |
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| When did archaeologists find evidence of Clovis? |
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| What is prehistoric cave art? Where was prehistoric cave art dating back to 5500- 3500 BC discovered ? What did it show? |
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| prehistoric cave art is paintings made by prehistoric people on the walls and ceilings of caves. It was found in Tasilli , North Africa. |
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| How long ago did the land mass of Beringia exist? |
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| more than 11,500 years ago |
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| How were animals and people able to migrate from Asia to North America? |
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because of the beringia land bridge
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| What was the importance of the discovery made at Monte Verde? |
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| It showed that people were living in america 1,000 years before scientists believed they did |
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| What discovery was made at Monte Verde, Chile, in South America ? |
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artifacts of bands of hunter that lived over 12,500 years ago
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| What did Albert Goodyear find at the Topper site in South Carolina and where? Describe their findings. |
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| artifacts that were belived to have been from people who live over 18,000 years ago. He found small stone tools. |
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| How do we know about the people who lived in Clovis years ago? |
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| About 11,000 years ago clovis culture was established in north america |
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| How do we use artifacts to learn about people and cultures? |
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| We look at what they are made of what they look like they could be used for. |
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| Explain if we know for sure who the first Americans were. |
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| We do not know who the first americans were because they didi not leave behind any books magazines or newspapers |
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| How did early humans deal with sickness and injuries? |
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| They pulled infected teeth, set broken bones, cut of limbs, and perform brain surgery. |
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| the way in which humans produced the items that they use |
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a place where archaelogists dig up artifacts
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| the raising of plants for human use |
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| people who trveled from place to place |
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| a form of dividing up work |
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| The average weather in an area over a span of time |
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| A very efficient way to find the age of a dead thing |
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| Why is it that the Stone Age is called the Stone Age ? |
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| Because the tools a material hat they used for their every day life was stone. |
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| How do archaeologists group together the artifacts they find? |
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| they look at what the artifacts are made of and see what they could have been used for |
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| Where were the ruins of of the village of Skara Brae, Scotland found? |
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| To what period of time do the ruins of Skara Brae belong? |
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| Archaeologists divide the Stone Age into two contrasting periods which are : |
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1).Old stone age
2).new stone age |
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| The Old Stone Age lasted from when till when? |
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| 3.5 million years ago to 10,000 years ago |
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| During which age did humans make the most progress in technology and why? |
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| The new stone age because of new techniques in stone working. |
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| When did humans begin to experiment with growing wild plants as food ccrops and why? |
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| When the Ice Age ended and the glaciers retreated. |
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| When did the New Stone age end? |
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| when humans discover metal and metal working |
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| Why do archaeologists study plant remains? |
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| It showed how people domesticated plants |
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| How did domestication of some animals affect agriculture? |
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| Which were the first plants to be domesticated for human use? |
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| Why did people select plants which do not lose their seeds easily for cultivation rather than plants which lost their seeds easily? |
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| so that they were able to harvest the plants easily. |
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| Why was jute a wild plant domesticated? |
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| Its stalks had strong fibers so it could be used to make ropes and fishing nets |
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| Did domestication of plants stop after the Stone Age ended? |
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| Give 2 examples of plants domesticated few hundred years ago and their use? |
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sugar beets to make sugar
mint to make teas, flavoring. |
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| According to arcaeologists why did the people of Skara Brae have to leave their village? |
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| How do comparing artifacts and using carbon dating help us learn about how early people lived? |
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| How did archaeologists figure out the time during which the Iceman lived from his ax and knife ? (found in 1991 by German hikers in the snowcapped Alps) |
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| By using the method of carbon dating |
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| Why did people begin to domesticate animals? |
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| people began to domesticate animals because animal could do jobs that they couldn't do. |
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| How do domesticated animals differ from wild animals? Give 2 points of difference. |
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1). they did not hurt is owner or anywone else unlike a wild animal who might have attacked a human.
2). They did jobs for the humans which wild animals would not do. |
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| Which were the first animals to be domesticated? |
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| Chicken were domesticated atleast _______ years ago. |
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| How did early humans decide what animals to domesticate? |
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| They domesticated animals that they could catch easily such as an ox and ones that would not hurt you so much such as goats |
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| For what reason were horses initially domesticated and what was their later use? |
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| they were first eaten and then rode |
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| Which animals other than the horse were used for transportation and why? |
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| ox to pull plows or carts |
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| Which insects did people domesticate, when and why? What were their uses?` |
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| They domesticated bees for their honey |
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| What led to the development of social divisions? |
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