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Archeology | The study of the ancient and recent past through what people leave behind
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Monotheism | Belief in one god
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Polytheism | Belief in more than one god
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Atheism | Rejection of any god; gods do not exist
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Genocide | Systematic murder of a large group of people who belong to a special race, political or cultural group.
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Religion | An organized system of beliefs used to worship a god or group of gods as well as to explain the cause and nature of the universe
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Karma | What goes around comes around
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Reincarnation | the belief that the soul, upon death of the body, comes back to earth in another body or form.
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Samsara | (Hinduism) the endless cycle of birth, death, and rebirth. (Buddhism) the transmigration or rebirth of a person
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Urban | Having the characteristics of a city or town
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Agriculture | Practice of farming, cultivating soil, producing crops, and raising livestock.
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Civilization | Advanced stat of human society that possesses culture, science, government and industry.
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Nomad | People who move from place to place instead of having a permanent residence
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Prehistory | human history in the period before recorded events, known mainly through archaeological discoveries, study, research, etc.
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Antiquity | Ancient times or ancient past
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Artifact | Objects created by and used by humans
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Fossil | A part of an imprint of something that was once alive
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History | The study of the past
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Lived in the prehistoric era | Humans
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Early ancestors of humans | Hominids
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1st hominid bones discovered in | 1959
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In 1974___________was discovered | “Lucy”
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Lived more than _________years ago | 3 million
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Bones showed she walked | on two legs
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Roamed eastern | Africa
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Not a tree | dweller
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Found in 1991 | Neolithic man
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Lived between | 3350 BC and 3100 BC
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Provided insight in daily life | Clothing and weapons
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Form of combat used | Hand –to-Hand
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What kind of metal used | Copper was used
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Earliest tools found in | Tanzania, Africa
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Age of earliest tools found | 2.6 millions years old
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Tools were mostly used to | process food,cut food,rake meat off of bones
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Overtime tools advanced | Hand Ax,started using flint – sharper an easier to mold,spears
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B.C. | Before Christ-all years before the 1st century-count backwards
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A.D. | After Death - all years from 1 and forward
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B.C.E. | Before Common Era
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A.C.E. | After Common Era
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He focused on the solar year | Julius Ceasar
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Hominids | Over 4 million years ago
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Lucy | Small brain, ape-like features, walked upright on two feet.
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Homoerectus | 200,000 years ago, brain enlarged, more use of arm & hands, slow rise of speech, and ability to invent symbols
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Homosapiens | 100,000 years ago, Modern humans, lived in Africa, devised better ways to hunt & eat, large brains.
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Name 3 human advancement | Speech primitive grants, hand movements, belief in afterlife-early burial practices
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Cave paintings | Earliest date back 12,000 years ago. Shows aspects of early society, engraved or painted
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Floors, walls and ceilings of caves may have been made by | Neanderthals
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Ice Age & Migration | Began 2 million years ago, Tundra, land was locked in ice, seas lowered, created land bridges.
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The development of the calendar | Extended to 365 days, 5, hours and 48 minutes.
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Leap year | created every 4 years
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What resulted in population across the earth and allowed continents to be inhabited . | Ice Age & Migration
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When ice melted about 10,000 years ago | If left people stranded as the sea levels rose.
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Nomadic societies | Moved to where climate and hunting was favorable.
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Who lived in caves or rock shelters | Nomadic societies
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Until 10,000 - 12,000 years ago | Hunting & Gathering societies reigned
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Where did the future lie for the Nomadic societies | Farming and flock-keeping
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Where did the Nomadic societies settle | Where the land and games were plentiful
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What animals were easily domesticated | Sheep, goats and cattle
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What lead to villages | Camps
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Name 6 characteristics of civilization | Complex way of life, urban settlements, agriculture, centers of population, unique architecture and written language.
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What does archaeology do | explores places where people lived, places where people fought, buildings, examine jewelry, dishes, weapons
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Why is archaeology important | Help to understand history, explains past cultures, show the record of combined human effort, uncovers fossils, artifacts, explains time periods before written words.
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