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World History Review
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History
12th Grade
12/16/2012

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Characteristics of Human Kind
Definition
Being able to support and train children after birth. Speaking and understanding a language. The ability to create objects and words with what you're given.
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Hunter-gatherer bands
Definition
Groups of 20 to 60 people (some gatherers some hunters), lived in a certain area, rarely saw strangers, and when food became scarce, they would move. Women did steady work (finding seeds, berries). Men did muscular work, preparing for the hunt. After the hunt, they all gathered, ate, sang, dance.
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Human Races, common nature, and significance
Definition
Mongolians skin color help for survival in cold climates, Africans and Indians have darker to protect from the tropical ultraviolet rays, Europeans are pale due to the scarcity of sunlight. Race cannot only be classified by skin color, but by all physical appearances.
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Old Stone Age
Definition
Hunter-gatherers. People probably believed spirits existed on the world. Painted of animals they hunted (found in caves). Arrow heads, fishhooks, and harpoon heads were found made from stone that has been chipped. In time, people learned to smooth the stones.
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