people of the stone age
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- scientist who studies remains and fossils of once living things
- Paleoanthropologist
- What are the remains of once living things called?
- Fossils
- What means to "uncover by digging"?
- Excavate
- What is a small group of people called?
- Band
- This is a human made object from long ago.
- Artifact
- What is the movement of groups of people from one place to another called?
- Migration
- What is a cold,treeless plain with subsoil that is always frozen called?
- Tundra
- What does domesticate mean?
- to tame plants and animals for people's use
- What is another word for domesticated animals such as cattle, sheep and pigs?
- livestock
- What is a nomad?
- a person with no settled home
- This is a system in which the members of a group do different tasks according to their abilities and the group's needs.
- Division of Labor
- What is another name for corn?
- Maize
- What are some of the good effects of farming?
- Reliable food source; extra food for trade; people began to stay in one place; year-round villages; more complex society; division of labor
- What are some of the bad effects of farming?
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1)fights over land
2)need to build walls for protection
3)threats from insects, disease, and flooding
4) damage to the environment - What was the first domesticated animal?
- Dog
- What is the name of the continent where people appeared first?
- Africa
- What is the name for the first modern people?
- Homo erectus
- What was the name of one of the first villages to build walls?
- Jericho
- What is something that might have been left behind by early people?
- stone tool
- How did agriculture help early people?
- It gave them a reliable source of food.
- When did people begin staying in year-round villages?
- with the development of agriculture