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What do archaeologists do?
They dig up objects from long ago and study them to find out more about humans who lived a long time ago.
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Why were hunter-gatherers nomads?
They were nomads because they had to follow their food - the animals.
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What is agriculture?
Agriculture is farming; planting and caring for crops then harvesting the crops to eat.
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How did people grow better plants?

They watched the way plants grew and planted the ones that provided the most food.

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When settlements began writing, art and having lots of food what were they called?

They were called Civilizations.

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What does Neolithic mean?

Old Stone Age

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Why did hunter-gatherers have to adapt?
They had to adapt to survive in the changing environment.
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When the Ice Age ended, how did warm weather make life easier?
The warmer weather brought more rain, which helped different plants and animals to grow. This meant there was more food available.
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What is the word that means raising animals to help people?
Domestication
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Name the seven continents.
North America, South America, Africa, Asia, Australia, Antartica, Europe
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What are artifacts?
They are objects that people made or used in the past.
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Name three tools that hunter-gatherers made and used.
needles, spears, chisels, axes,
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When they started living in permanent settlements?

When did people begin to farm?

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Where did people do most of their farming?
They did most of their farming near rivers.
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Name the 5 Oceans

Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, Southern

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What is it called when people study fossils and artifacts?
Archaeology
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What changes happened when the Ice Age ended?
The ice melted causing the seas to become higher so there were more places to fish. People began to make permanent settlements near rivers or oceans. The wooly mammoth became extinct so people had to learn to catch more fish and hunt other animals.
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Why did hunter-gatherers stop being nomads?
They stopped being nomads because they were able to find places where getting food was easier and more certain; They didn't have to follow animals for food.
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What is it called when you have more food than you need to eat?

A surplus

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What does "surplus" mean? Use it in a sentence.
"Surplus" means more than enough or extra. When people began farming, they had a surplus of food.
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Where did the first humans live?
They lived in Africa.
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What was the Stone Age?
It was the time period when hunter-gatherers lived and made their tools from stone.
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As people got better at farming, what were they able to do?
They were able to have a surplus of food that they could store to use later.
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What is the phrase for growing the BEST plants every harvest to get EVEN better plants?

Domestication of Plants

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Name 2 differences between hunter-gatherers and early man who lived in a villages and farmed.

Hunter-gatherers did not farm for their food. Hunter-gatherers did not domesticate animals.