Topic 1 Review

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What helped develop permanent settlements or civilizations?

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Domesticated Animals

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When archaeologists find objects close to the surface, these objects are...

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not as old as those found in deeper layers

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Where was Mary and Louis Leakey's Homo habilis found?

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Olduvai Gorge in East Africa

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What did fire help civilizations and people do?

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Live in colder places

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What is the "out of Africa" theory?

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early modern humans (Homo sapiens) first evolved in Africa, then migrated from there to live in other parts of the world. They are older.

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What was the first main thing early villages and cities used to make a living (their economy)?

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Farming and growing food

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Why did the first big groups of people choose to live in places like Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley?

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There were rich rivers for water and farming

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Why did areas like Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley appear?

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they were near rivers

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What did prehistoric people develop to survive?

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Tools

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A knife made of stone was significant to an archaeologist because ?

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They learned prehistoric people developed tools to survive.