Chapter 2
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madenner19 on September 30, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 prehistory | time before written records |
| migrate | move from 1 place to another |
| bands | small groups of 30 people |
| home territory | area where band of people lived and hunted |
| homo habilus | first people-means "skillfull man" the first humans came from Africa |
| homo erectus | means "man who walks upright (stands)" |
| homo sapiens | means "man who thinks" |
| Neanderthals & Cro-Magnons | 2 kinds of homo sapiens |
| Neanderthals | were good hunters, used pitfalls, built houses, buried their dead |
| Cro-Magnons | were good toolmakers, invented the burin (chisel), invented the ax, made cave paintings |
| pitfall | large hole covered with sticks and leaves- used to capture animals |
| Neolithic Revolution | change from Hunters to Farmers - how people got their food more food was available and this meant they could settle and live in one place |
| population | number of people in a place |
| domesticated | tamed animals, not afraid of people, could be corralled and kept near their homes |
| post and lintel | important in construction of buildings -- needed to support the weight of the building |
| specialization | they had more food available so there was more time to develop skills. people developed occupations depending on what they were good at |
| language | allowed people to share ideas and thoughts and work together |
| Paleolithic | Old Stone Age - hunters, used fire, developed language, made clay statues, made cave paintings, carved stone tools |
| Neolithic | New Stone Age - farmers (planted crops), herded animals, weaving of cloth, made jewelry, used clay cooking pots, worked with metal |
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