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Means "Old Stone Age"

Paleolithic

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Where humans likely originated

Africa

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The spreading of something beyond its place of origin

Diffusion

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Means "New Stone Age"

Neolithic

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Blood relationship

Kinship

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Group based on blood relationship

Kinship group

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People who move from place to place without settling

Nomads

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Inactive or settled in one place

Sedentary

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Extra, beyond what is necessary

Surplus

200

The practice of growing crops or raising animals for food

Agriculture

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Moving to a place with the intent to settle

Migration

300

Intentionally cutting down and setting fire to plant growth, often to prepare land for farming

Slash and burn

300

Largest continental landmass on the planet

Eurasia

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This time period lasted from approximately 2.5 million years ago to 12,000 years ago

Paleolithic Period

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A boomerang-shaped region in the Near East, one of the first places to develop farming

Fertile Crescent

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This time period lasted from approximately 10,000 BCE to around 3000 BCE.

Neolithic Period

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This adjective describes a society that relies on farming.

Agrarian

400

In the Paleolithic period, people obtained their food by this method.

Hunting and gathering

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This describes Paleolithic groups, which didn't make much distinction between wealth or gender

Egalitarian

400

This innovation/advancement by early humans likely resulted in larger brain sizes, among other changes

Domestication of fire

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People who rely on herds of domesticated animals for most of their food and wealth, and typically move between winter and summer grazing areas

Pastoralists

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How people are expected to dress, act, speak, based on whether they are male or female

Gender roles

500

When a group develops different classes, some ranked higher than others

Social stratification

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This intermediate step between the Paleolithic and Neolithic did not seem to occur in all areas.

Mesolithic

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This social change allowed for certain workers to focus on one job only, which led to more innovations during the Neolithic 

Specialization of labor

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