gr 7 Archeology and Early Humans (Zaganjori/Peters)
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| anthropologist | a scientist who studies human development and culture
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| archaeologist | a scientist who studies the past by looking at objects people left behind
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| artifact | an object made or used by people in the past
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| fertile crescent | a region in southwest Asia with rich soil
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| historian | an expert who studies the past to find out what happened and why
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| prehistoric | happening before written history
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| fossil | the remains of a prehistoric living thing
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| history | the study of the past
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| A.D. | anno domini = "In the year of our Lord"
everything in time that happened AFTER the birth of Christ,
same as C.E.
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| C.E. | Common Era- same as A.D.
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| B.C.E. | Before Common Era
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| era/age | time period with special characteristics (examples: Ice Age, Shakespearean Era)
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| Millennium | 1,000 years
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| Australopithecus afarenis | the first hominid
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| Homo habilis | "Handy Man" who was the first to use stone tools
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| Homo Erectus | the first hominid to use fire
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| Homo sapiens neanderthalensis | lived in communities, skilled toolmakers, had burial rituals
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| Homo sapiens sapiens | modern day humans
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| Paleolithic Age | time period when early humans wandered from place to place (nomads), hunted and gathered their food
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| Neolithic Age | time period that began with farming and ended when people used materials other than stone
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| primary source | Created AT THE TIME of the event (diaries, photos, news stories)
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| Secondary Source | created after the event took place (textbooks, encyclopedias)
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| Catal Hoyuk | a town during the Neolithic Age; people had specialized jobs such as spinners, weavers, basket makers, and tool makers
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| cave art | focused more on the drawings of animals but not on people
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| development of farming | caused people to settle in communities and have a stable food supply
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| cave art | focused more on the drawings of animals but not on people
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| development of farming | caused people to settle in communities and have a stable food supply
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