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early humans-allie
mr.b-fienstein middle school
Question | Answer |
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the time period before writing | Prehistory |
these people examine objects to learn about people from the past | archaeologists |
stories passed down from generation to generation | oral traditions |
recorded events of people | history |
people with no specific home | nomads |
soil that contains the substances plants need | fertile |
to tame animals | domesticate |
people who move from their homelands | migration |
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act | n.a.g.p.r.a |
Of or relating to a prehistoric human culture widespread throughout North America | clovis |
the butt of a spear | atlatl |
a person having to do with the caucasion race | cocazoid |
the latest part of the stone age | neolithic age |
a chemical process used to find how old a artifact is | radio carbon dateing |
a small change over generation-in a small population | genetic drift |
deals with forming animals and plants | morthology |
to have more then needed | surplus |
a network of canals to supply land with water from another place | irrigation |
workers who are espacially skilled in makeing items such as baskets, leathergoods, tools,pottery, and or cloth | artisans |
a society that has cities and a central government run by official leaders and workers who specialize in verious jobs | civilization |
different groups of people depending on their backgrounds | social classes |
smithsonian institude | full of natural history.the world’s preeminent museum and research complex. |
push factor | something that pushes you away from a certain area or certain thing |
pull factor | something that pulls you in to a certain area or certain thing |
The worlds largest museum complex and research orginizationcomposed fo 19 musuems, 9 research centers and the National Zoo located on the National Mall in Washington D.C | Smithsonian Instituion |
reddish-brownish metal used by early humans and civilizations before the Bronze Age to make tools and weapons. | copper |
10 years. example 2001-2010 | decade |
20 years | score |
100 years | century |
1000 years | millenium |
long period of time | era or epoch |