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Sizemore Ch. 1&2

Chapter 1 and 2

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Prehistory is before writing
Human fossils contain bones
An artifact is an object made by humans
What can geologist tell archaeologist about fossils? how old they are
Archaeologist study the things that people of the past leave behind
Specialization is spending most of your time doing one job
How did hunter gatherers get food? Killed animals
The main unit of Stone Age culture is small groups or bands
Technology used by Stone Age humans includes fire
How do nomads live? They travel from place to place with the seasons.
What was the first group to buy their dead? Neanderthals
An economy is a system that a community uses to produce and distribute goods and services.
A civilization is a complex society with cities, organized government, and specialized workers.
Which group only owned what they could carry? Hunters and gatherers
What did early farmers use to build their homes? mud and straw
The economy of early villages and cities was based mainly on Trade
Why did the earliest civilization appear in areas like Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley? They had rivers and fertile soil.
People first started living in settled communities when they ____. domesticated plants and animals
A surplus is having more than enough food
To change animal behavior so they are more useful to humans is to domesticate
A set of shared beliefs about supernatural powers that created and ruled the work is Religion
How are plants domesticated Certain seeds were selected for replanting
Information about goods and services define a society's economy
In order to produce a food surplus people needed tools and labor
How did people benefit from domestication of animals? raising sheep to use the wool to make clothes
Created by: amysizemore
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