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The time before there was writing is called ?   Prehistory  
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What does ancestor mean?   A relative who lived in the past.  
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What is a hominid?   An early ancestor of humans.  
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What do we call any handheld object that has been modified to help a person accomplish a task?   A tool.  
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What is an example of a tool used in the Paleolithic Era?   Stone  
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What is the Paleolithic Era?   It is the Old Stone Age.  
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Why were people able to move and migrate to new places?   They eventually learned how to control and create fire.  
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What continent did all hominids come from?   Africa.  
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What was the name of the first human made shelters that were in the ground and covered with roofs of branches and leaves?   A pit house.  
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What do we call a community of people who share a common culture?   Society  
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Who are hunter-gatherers?   People who hunt animals and gather wild plants, seeds, fruits, and nuts to survive.  
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What does migrate mean?   To move to a new place.  
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What are the freezing times known as?   The ice ages.  
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What is a land bridge?   A strip of land connecting two continents.  
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What is the Middle Stone Age called?   The Mesolithic Era.  
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What were some new tools used during the Mesolithic Era?   Bone, hooks, fishing spears, bow and arrow.  
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Who was Lucy?   Lucy was an early hominid that lived more than 3 million years ago and walked on two legs.  
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What does Australopithecus mean?   Southern Ape.  
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What does Homo Habilis mean?   Handy man.  
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What does Homo Erectus mean?   Upright man  
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What does Homo Sapiens mean?   Wise man  
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What did Homo Sapiens develop?   They developed language.  
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Who was the first group of hominids to create fire?   Homo Sapiens  
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Who was the first group of hominids to control fire?   Homo Erectus  
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Where were the first hominids from and the oldest tools found?   Tanzania, Africa  
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What is a mineral that is easy to shape and was used to make very sharp tools?   Flint  
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What is the Neolithic Era?   The New Stone Age  
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What does domestication mean?   It is the process of changing plants or animals to make them more useful to humans.  
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What does agriculture mean?   Farming  
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What are megaliths?   Megaliths are huge stones used as monuments or as the sites for religious gatherings.  
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