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Early Man T 10/22
Social Studies
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Mesopotamia | rich soil, fertile, part of the Fertile Crescent |
| history | recorded events in the past such as written documents, diaries, letters, journals, maps, Bible, and books |
| homonids | prehistoric human-like peoples |
| hunters | hunted animals |
| gatherers | gathered fruit, nuts, and berries |
| migrate | move from place to place |
| pre | before, earlier than |
| anthropologists | scientists who study human development and culture |
| archaeologists | scientists who study objects to learn about past people and cultures |
| prehistory | a period of time in the past before writing was invented- -Prehistory took place during the Old Stone Age-Paleolithic |
| nomads | - people who have no single settled home- they move around to places where they find food |
| fertile | soil is good for growing plants |
| irrigation | a series of canals used to supply land with water |
| culture | a particular stage, form, or kind of civilization |
| civilization | Societies that have cities, a central government run by official leaders, and workers who specialize in various jobs. |
| domesticate | to tame animals |
| artisans | workers skilled at making baskets, tools, cloth, ect |
| surplus | having more than enough |
| lithic | stone tools |
| neo | new |
| paleo | old, ancient |
| artifacts | a tool, equipment, or clothing such as pottery, tools, weapons, arrows, clothing, hammers, capes, shoes, ax, knife, and skulls |
| radiocarbon dating | A method to figure out how long ago something died. Using carbon and how long it takes to decompose can date a once living thing. |
| Medical Technology | MRI, C.A.T., X-Ray, Thermometer, Ultrasound, Microscope |
| Paleolithic | Old Stone Age- no farming, people hunted animals, people gathered roots, berries, leaves, and seeds, used stone to make hunting weapons and tools to cut meat, scrape animal hides and to make clothing,used animal bones to make hunting weapons and tools . |
| Neolithic | New Stone Age-People began farming, and domesticating animals. People became artisans. Larger buildings were built. Cities grew and population grew. |
| Discoveries that man made to allow them to live in one place | 1. fire 2. farming 3. domesticating animals 4. specializing labor |
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