Vocabulary
Discoveries
Characteristics
Ways of Life
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What is a hunter gatherer?
people who hunt animals and gather wild plants, seeds, fruits, and nuts to survive
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What was fire used for by hunter-gatherers?
to cook food, make tools, provide light, stay warm, and be protected from animals
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What do scientists believe most of the hunter-gatherers' genders were?
male
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What did women usually do in hunter-gatherer societies?
take care of children near the camp and collect plants to eat
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Did hunter-gatherers use agriculture?
No
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What is a society?
a community of people who share a common culture
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Why was hunting together safer?
they could work together to take down the animal they are hunting faster
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When did the hunter-gatherers first appear?
About 3 million years ago
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What did men usually do in hunter-gatherer societies?
they hunted
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DAILY DOUBLE On average, how many people were in a hunter-gatherer society?
about 15-60 people
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What is pre-history
the time before writing
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DAILY DOUBLE What was one method to kill wild animals they hunted?
chase them off of cliffs
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What did they make clothing out of?
wild animal skins and furs
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What kind of animals did they hunt?
wild animals
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How long did an average member of a hunter-gatherer society live?
About 15 years old to 70 years old
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What is the Stone Age
The time period first humans lived and used stone tools.
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What did the hunter-gatherers do that changed their way of life? (what did survive off of)
agriculture
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What was the migration route of hunter-gatherers in continents?
Africa, Europe, Asia, North America, South America
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How did hunting and gathering change to agriculture?
hunting and gathering changed abruptly because of the lack of food and the ice age
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How did hunter-gatherers get from Asia to North America?
the land bridge
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Who are nomads?
people who move around the find edible grains or food and animals to hunt
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Where did recent European researchers find a piece of hunter-gatherer DNA?
The Caucasus Mountains
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Where did hunter-gatherers originate?
Africa
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DAILY DOUBLE- What region of the world entirely depended on hunting and gathering as recently as 3,000 years ago?
southern Africa
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What percentage of history have humans been hunter-gatherers?
about 99% of history
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