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What is history?
The study of the past
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What are the ice ages?
Long periods of freezing temperatures. The last one ended around 10,000 years ago
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What is Africa?
Archeologists found some of the earliest human artifacts and fossils on this continent
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What is archeology?
The study of the past based on what people left behind
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What are cave drawings?
The art work of Prehistoric Era people tells us about their daily lives. Most of the art work from these peoples is in
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What is domestication?
The process changing plants or animals to make them more useful for humans is called
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What is a secondary source?
Information gathered by someone who did not take part in or witness an event
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Who are hunter-gathers?
People who hunt animals and gather wild plants, seeds,fruits and nuts to survive
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What land bridges?
A strip of land connecting two continents. These allowed Stone Age people to migrate around the world.
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What is an artifact?
Objects created by and used by humans
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What is the Neolithic Era?
Also known as the New Stone Age. It began as early as 10,000 years ago
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What is a tool?
Any handheld object that has been modified to help a person accomplish a task
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What is a point of view?
a personal attitude about people or life.
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What is the Paleolithic Era?
The first part of Stone Age. Also known as the Old Stone Age
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What is a primary source?
An account of an event created by someone who took part in or witnessed the event
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