Vocabulary
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New Stone Age
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Someone who lives off the land and does not produce for themselves.

hunter-gatherer

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Fire was one of the main discoveries of hunter-gatherers. What was it used for?

Cooking food, making tools, providing light, protection from animals, and staying warm

100

Why their were hunter-gatherers nomads?

They were trying to find edible grains and hunt animals.

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How did the domestication of animals help the hunter gatherers?
They were able to put the animals to work and grow the best plants
100
What is specialized labor and what led to this concept?
Specialized labor is perfecting a craft or trade (pottery, painting, canoes). Permanent settlements led to specialized labor.
200

prehistory

The time in history before there was writing.

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What tools were used by hunter-gatherers and why?
Stone tools, knives, bows and arrows to help increase chances of survival
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What were the different job roles of men and women in hunter gatherer societies?
Men hunted animals in large groups and women gathered plants, seeds, and nuts.
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What happened? Since people started farming, what are the effects of agriculture? 

They built permanent settlements (houses)

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What tools were used during the introduction of agriculture?

water wheels and plows

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Who are nomads?
People who move around the find edible grains or food/animals.
300
What did hunter gatherers discover that changed the way they lived? (from nomads to farmers)
Farming and agriculture
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How did hunter gatherers express themselves?
Through cave paintings and art
300
Because of a surplus in food production, meaning they had extra food, what happened to the hunter-gatherer societies?
The population grew
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Where did hunter-gatherers choose to settle?
Near the river
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What is the Stone Age?
The time period first humans lived and used stone tools.
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What irrigation/farming techniques improved the lives of hunter gatherers?
Dams, canals, water wheels, and plows
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Where did hunter gatherers originate?
Africa
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Farmers could improve the quality and quantity of food produced once they learned how to do what?
Use irrigation to bring water to their crops
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How did hunter-gatherers migrate from Asia to North America?
The land bridge
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What does domestication mean? What was domesticated?
It means changing animals or plants to make them more useful to humans.
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What is the difference between fossils and artifacts?
Fossils are bones from animals and plants from the past, natural. Artifacts are man-made objects from the past, tools.
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How did hunter gatherers adapt to their natural environment?
followed animals, made thick clothing, made stone tools to hunt
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What are irrigation techniques used by early farmers?
dams and canals
500
What was migration route of hunter gatherers? (Continents)
Africa, Europe, Asia, North America, South America
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