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Stone Age & Early Cultures

Stone Age & Early Cultures. Review. Archaeologist who believed that bones found in East Africa in 1959 belonged to hominids. Mary Leakey. Farming. agriculture. A relative who lived in the past. ancestor. To divide among a group of people. distribute. To move. migrate.

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Stone Age & Early Cultures

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  1. Stone Age & Early Cultures Review

  2. Archaeologist who believed that bones found in East Africa in 1959 belonged to hominids. Mary Leakey

  3. Farming agriculture

  4. A relative who lived in the past ancestor

  5. To divide among a group of people distribute

  6. To move migrate

  7. Process of changing plants or animals to make them more useful to humans domestication

  8. Type of bone used to build early houses mammoth

  9. A time of long periods of freezing weather Ice ages

  10. Famous megalith Stonehenge

  11. Name means “southern ape” Australopithecus

  12. Why is the study of ancient bones important to us today? Gives us information about our human ancestors

  13. What does Homo erectus mean? Upright man

  14. What effect did the invention of tools have on early humans? They no longer had to stand close to the animals when hunting.

  15. Why did people learn how to make clothes and build shelters after migrating out of Africa? They needed more protection to survive in colder areas.

  16. What effect did farming have on people in the Stone Age? It allowed them to build permanent settlements.

  17. What is a megalith? Huge stones used as monuments

  18. How did farming help in the growth of towns? Helped establish permanent settlements

  19. To study prehistory, historians rely on the work of archaeologists and _____________________. anthropologists

  20. Simple tools like _________ were used for about 2 million years. choppers

  21. By 9000 BC, people lived on all continents except ___________. Antarctica

  22. How did humans’ ways of living change as they interacted and adapted? *Shift to agriculture led to larger, more permanent towns (food surplus) *Developed language (hunt in groups, develop relationships, solve problems) *More complex tools *Domestication of animals

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