Flashcards: Pre-history and Stone Age

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mkmate on March 17, 2009

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social studies vocabulary

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Unit 1 vocabulary 1:

-Studying Prehistory

-Early Peoples

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Flashcards: Pre-history and Stone Age

Prehistory
before history was written down, before people developed systems of written language
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Prehistory before history was written down, before people developed systems of written language
Archaeology the scientific study of people from the past by looking at things they left behind (artifacts)
Ancient really really really old
Artifacts objects made by people long ago
Hunters and Gatherers people who move around following wild animals to hunt and wild plants to eat
Historians people who study, write and record history
Migrated Moved from one place to another
Ice Age A period of time when glaciers covered great stretches of land!
Glacier Giant sheet of ice
Stone Age A period of time when humans primarily relied upon stone tools
Primarily Mainly, mostly, firstly
Old Stone Age The early, longest period of the Stone Age, when little progress was made in human development
Progress growth, gain
New Stone Age The late period of the Stone Age, when humans made great improvements in technology
Period length of time

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