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Unit 1 Hunters Gatherers and Farmers
Vocabulary Testlet Review
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Social Studies
6th Grade
09/20/2013

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paleolithic
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hunting and food gathering use of fire, making clothing, acquisition of language and religion, invention of tools
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Mesolithic
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domestication of dog and goat, invention of pottery and sickle
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Neolithic
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agriculture, settled villages, inventions, plow, loom, wheel, calendar, rules of inheritance, belief in many deities
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prehistory
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the time before writing historians rely on the work of archaeologists and anthropologists
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hominids
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early humans first appeared in east Africa millions of years ago
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homo erectus
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upright man
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homo sapiens
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wise man
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homo habillis
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handy man
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society
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a community of people who share a common culture
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migrate
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when someone moves from one place to another
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ice ages
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when places around the world experienced long periods of freezing weather
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land bridge
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a strip of land connecting two continents, probably connected Asia and North America
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New Stone Age
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when first farmers learned how to grow plants, raise animals, polish stones,produce food and make fire
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agriculture
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farming
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domesticate
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tame (an animal) and keep it as a pet or for farm produce
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