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Unit 1 Test Review
Hunters, Gatherers, and Farmers
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Social Studies
6th Grade
09/29/2013

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what is an archeologist
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person who explores places where people once lived, worked, or fought
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What does an archeologist do
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studyies through the use of artifacts or items people have made
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What is a primary source
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an account of an event that is created by someone who took part in or witnessed the event
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what is an artifact
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an object made by a human being, typically an item of cultural or historical interest
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what is a historian
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poeple who study the past
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what were the first tools invented used for
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hunt animals
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why did hunters and gatherer societies move to new areas
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they needed protection from weather and elements
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where were the first humans believed to have migrated from
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africa
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what does latitude measure
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distance north and south of the equator
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what does longitude measure
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distance east and west of the equator
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what does longitude measure
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the distance east and west of the prime meridian
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why did people learn to make clothes and build shelters
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more protection to survive in cold areas
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describe early hunter gatherer society
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nomads, move around often, search for food
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What physical feature was important for early settlments
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water
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what is a land bridge
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strip of land connecting two continents
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why did poeple stop using the land bridge
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the ice ages ended
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what did the hunters and gatherers use animals for
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clothing and shelter
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what was the ice age
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many places around the world began to experience long periods of freezing weather
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what did the ice age force people to do
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caused people to migrate and move to new places
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What was important about the New Stone Age
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people learned how to polish stones, make fire, and produce food
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when agriculture was developed what did that do for poeple
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allowed them to stay in one place, grown their own food
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what is agriculture
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farming
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domesticate
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process of changing plants or animals to make them more useful for humans
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things that can be domesticated
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plants, animals, dog, cat, anything farmed
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What are some bad things about domestication
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farming is not guaranteed it is dependent on the climate and weather of the area, farmland also has to be protected from people and animals stealing your food
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what are some good things about domestication
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hunters didnt need to follow wild animals once they learned how to keep and use animals, large animals used to help with farming
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lines of latitude or parallels run
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east to west
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lines of longitude run
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north to south
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