Ancient History

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What is an archaeologist?

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Scientist who digs in the ground, studies artifacts, and studies culture of prehistoric people.

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The earliest period of the Stone Age.

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Paleolithic

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What is a hunter-gatherer?

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A human who hunts animals and gathers plants.

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How do nomads live?

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They travel from place to place depending on the season.

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The controlling of fire and language development happened in this age.

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Mesolithic

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Crop growing, raise animals, and village settlements happened in this age.

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Neolithic

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Something written or created by a person who witnessed a historical event.

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primary source

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Written after a historical event by people who did not witness the event.

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secondary source

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Made up of all the unwritten verbal accounts of events.

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oral history

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More food than needed in order to survive.

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surplus