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Long period of time before people developed systems of writing
What is Prehistory?
Study of past cultures through the things that remain such as buildings, tools, or pottery
What is archaeology?
A scientist who uncovers evidence, or proof, from the past
What is archaeologist?
An object made by people long ago
What is artifact?
To move from one place to another
What is migrate?
Huge Ice Sheets
What are glaciers?
This means ‘to Tame.’
What is domesticate?
This means to have extra or an abundance of something
What is Surplus?
This is a method of estimating the date of an artifact.
What is carbon dating?
Includes the technology, customs, beliefs and art of certain people
What is culture?
What do archaeologist study to learn about Prehistory?
Artifacts
This is the name given to the period of time when everything was covered in ice
What is Ice Age?
When the Glaciers melted, what happened?
More water in the Seas and good Farm land.
How did people get into North America? (Give the name)
What is Beringia?
During the Old Stone Age, a lot of progress was made. True or False
FALSE
What caused the start of the New Stone Age?
Metal Working
List the first animals to be domesticated (4 of them)
-Goats -Sheep -dogs -cows
List the first plants to be domesticated.
-Rice -Wheat -Barley
What did surplus food lead to in the Stone Age?
Social Division
How did plant and animal domestication affect the Stone Age?
Helped them progress rapidly.
What is excavation site?
List 3 Ice Age animals
-Giant Ground Sloth -Saber Tooth Cat -American Mastodon -Big Horned Bison
This is the name of the area in which archaeologists dig for artifacts.
What is excavation site?
These are examples of what?
Artifacts
Person who travels from place to place, without permanent home
What is a nomad?