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Prehistory and the Neolithic Era

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  • Q1
    an object made and used by people long ago
    fertile
    artifact
    artisan
    trade
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  • Q2
    a scientist who studies ancient artifacts to learn about the past
    artisan
    surplus
    archaeologist
    nomad
    30s
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  • Q3
    the period of time BEFORE writing was invented
    history
    the 1920s
    Mesozoic Era
    prehistory
    30s
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  • Q4
    the written and other recorded events of people
    Old Stone Age
    Middle Stone Age
    prehistory
    history
    30s
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  • Q5
    a period of time during which early humans made tools and weapons mainly from stone
    The Stone Age
    The Copper Age
    The Jurassic Era
    The Bronze Age
    30s
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  • Q6
    Old Stone Age; humans were hunter-gatherers
    Neolithic Era
    Paleolithic Era
    Mesolithic Era
    30s
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  • Q7
    Middle Stone Age; humans were hunter-gatherers, began using nets and traps
    Neolithic Era
    Mesolithic Era
    Paleolithic Era
    30s
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  • Q8
    New Stone Age; humans began farming to produce food
    Paleolithic Era
    Mesolithic Era
    Neolithic Era
    30s
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  • Q9
    a person who moves from place to place, has NO permanent home
    farmer
    blacksmith
    carpenter
    nomad
    30s
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  • Q10
    people who move from place to place raising small herds of livestock (sheep, goats)
    hunter gatherers
    pastoral nomads
    carpenters
    fisherman
    30s
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  • Q11
    stories passed down by word of mouth, they often show what is important to a culture
    artisans
    novels
    oral tradition
    biographies
    30s
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  • Q12
    to adapt wild plants or animals for human use, to tame
    irrigation
    surplus
    nomad
    domesticate
    30s
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  • Q13
    good for growing crops
    fertile
    desert
    monsoon
    barren
    30s
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  • Q14
    to supply the land with water through a series of canals or pipes
    agriculture
    domestication
    fertilizing
    irrigation
    30s
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  • Q15
    more than is needed, extra
    scarce
    shortage
    fertile
    surplus
    30s
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  • Q16
    jobs
    nomads
    occupations
    artifcacts
    archaeologists
    30s
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  • Q17
    a society that has: cities, farming, a central government, specialized occupations and social classes
    Artisan
    civilization
    Stone Age
    Occupation
    30s
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  • Q18
    a group of people with similar backgrounds, incomes and ways of living
    farmers
    cities
    central government
    social classes
    30s
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  • Q19
    a worker who is skilled at making items by hand (basket maker, weaver)
    blacksmith
    farmer
    artisan
    hunter gatherer
    30s
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  • Q20
    to exchange goods
    agriculture
    trade
    domesticate
    surplus
    30s
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