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Early Humans (Prehistory)
Covers Paleothic People + Neolithic People.
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History
7th Grade
09/14/2011

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History
Definition
The story of humans in the past
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Historians
Definition
The people who study and write about humans of the past
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Archaeologists
Definition
Hunt for evidence buried in the ground
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Anthropologist
Definition
Study how humans developed and related to each other.
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Stone Age
Definition
The early period of human history
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Paleothic Age
Definition
The earliest part of the Stone Age
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Nomads
Definition
Travel from place to place to hunt
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Paleothic women's jobs were ...
Definition

1.) Care for children

2.) Gather food (Roots, Berries, Nuts)

Term
Paleothic men's jobs were to ...
Definition
Hunt
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Paleothic people adapted to ...
Definition
Their enviroment
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Over Time Paleothic people began to make shelters, what were they made from?
Definition
Animal Hides and wooden poles
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Fire was a major resource for Paleothic people. 4 things that it provided for them were ...
Definition

1.) Warmth

2.) Light

3.) Scared away animals

4.) Cooked food

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Ice Age
Definition
Long periods of extreme cold
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The Neolithic times were the second part of the Stone Age, what band of people consisted of the Neolithic people?
Definition
Cro-Magnons
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During the Neolithic times, people began to do what with wild animals?
Definition
Domesticate
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During the Neolithic times, everybody around the world began to _____. This was called the ________ _____________.
Definition

1.) Grow Crops

2.) Farming Revolution

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By Domesticating Animals, what 3 resources were provided to the Neolithic people?
Definition

1.) Meat

2.) Milk

3.) Wool

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Because farmers needed to stay close to their fields, Neolithic people began to build ________ _____.
Definition
Permanent Homes
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Some of the olded villages in the world are ____________

_____ ________

Definition

1.) Jericho

2.) Catal Huyuk

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Once meat was provided to the Neolithic people by domesticating animals, hunting was no longer needed. With this extra time, people began to _______.
Definition
specialize
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