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1
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those who move in search of food

A

nomads

2
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sparse, dry grasslands

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steppes

3
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spread of ideas, customs, and technologies

A

cultural diffusion

4
Q

versatile stone kit items

A

microtools

5
Q

created a theory of evolution

A

Darwin

6
Q

migrated out of Africa between 100,000 and 200,000 B.C.

A

homo sapiens sapiens

7
Q

more than is necessary

A

surpluses

8
Q

may have pumped people out of Africa

A

Sahara

9
Q

allowed for clothing development

A

scrapers

10
Q

found 3-million year old “Lucy”

A

Donald Johanson

11
Q

a political unit which included a city and surrounding land

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city-state

12
Q

only tool for over 4 million years

A

hand ax

13
Q

customs, ideas, and ways of life of a group of people

A

culture

14
Q

tree ring dating method

A

dendrochronology

15
Q

a circular area of stone or wood pillars

A

henge

16
Q

continent of first humans

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Africa

17
Q

soil rich in minerals

A

silt

18
Q

exchanging ones goods or services for another

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barter economy

19
Q

refers to levels in a dig (method of dating)

bottom- oldest

A

statigraphy

20
Q

copper combined with tin

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bronze

21
Q

means new stone age

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neolithic

22
Q

means old stone age

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paleolithic

23
Q

ancient man was found here

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Olduvai Gorge

24
Q

a device used to cut grain

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sickle

25
Q

study of past peoples and culture through material remains

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anthropology

26
Q

anything shaped by humans

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artifact

27
Q

it relies on habit, custom, or ritual unlikely to change

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traditional economy

28
Q

scholars who write about the historical past

A

historians

29
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idea that the world is full of spirits and invisible forces

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animism

30
Q

successful hominid who tamed fire

A

Homo Erectus

31
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evidence of plant or animal life preserved in rock

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fossil

32
Q

found ancient remains of mankind

A

Leakey

33
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dating method for living things

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Carbon-14 dating

34
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likely area of human evolution

A

Savannah

35
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name given to an ancient hominid

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Lucy

36
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one who can read and write

A

scribe

37
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items compared to one another (method of dating)

oldest- simplest

A

relative dating

38
Q

dated earth at 4004 B.C.

A

Bishop of Usher

39
Q

tools and skills that people use to meet their basic needs

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technology

40
Q

created by sedentary civilization lifestyle

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spare time

41
Q

group of states or territories controlled by one ruler

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empire

42
Q

where most civilizations developed

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rivers

43
Q

long period before writing

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prehistory

44
Q

thick sheets of ice

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glaciers