Pre-History

=**Step one - Define the following terms**=


 * 1) prehistory - the time during the development of human culture before the appearance of the written word
 * 2) archaeology - The systematic study of past human life and culture by the recovery and examination of remaining material evidence, such as graves, buildings, tools, and pottery.
 * 3) artifacts - a man-made object taken as a whole
 * 4) anthropology -The scientific study of the origin, the behavior, and the physical, social, and cultural development of humans.
 * 5) fossils - the study of fossils.
 * 6) australopithecines - extinct genus of African hominid
 * 7) hominids - A primate of the family Hominidae, of which //Homo sapiens// is the only extant species.
 * 8) Homo erectus - An extinct species of humans, regarded as an ancestor of //Homo sapiens.//
 * 9) Homo sapiens - The modern species of humans, the only extant species of the primate family Hominidae.
 * 10) Neanderthals -  An individual belonging to this species or subspecies.
 * 11) Homo sapiens sapiens - modern man
 * 12) Paleolithic Age - second part of the Stone Age beginning about 750,00 to 500,000 years BC and lasting until the end of the last ice age about 8,500 years BC
 * 13) nomads - A member of a group of people who have no fixed home and move according to the seasons from place to place in search of food, water, and grazing land.

=**Step two - Answer the following questions. Use complete sentences, good sentence structure**=


 * How do archaeologists and anthropologists determine the age of the objects they find? tratigraphy.is often used. It states that the older objects are found deeper in the ground. Next is by style, design, and what has been found with similar artifacts.. You find an Elko side-notch point and can give a fairly close estimate of how old it is. That's based on the points that have already been found and dated. You find a Clovis point and it can be reliability dated to 10,500 years ago. Carbon-14 dating can be used to get an approximate date when the wood used has been cut. Carbon 14 is in all living things. When something dies, the carbon 14 stops being taken in and starts to decay at a known rate. By measuring what's left you can date when someone died, or a tree was cut.
 * What two subgroups developed from Homo sapiens? Homo sapiens sapiens and homo erectus
 * How did Paleolithic people get their food? Hunt it and gather it

=** STOP - Assist others as necessary **=

PART TWO =**Step one - Define the following terms**=

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 * 1) **__Neolithic Revolution:__** was the first agricultural revolution--the transition from hunting and gathering communities and bands, to agriculture.
 * 2) **__systematic agriculture:__** refers to annual flow of rich mud allowed plants previously gathered over wide areas to be seeded and harvested systematically by men and women.
 * 3) **__domestication:__** make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans..
 * 4) **__artisans:__** craftsman: a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**__Bronze Age:__** A prehistoric period in the Old World, dating roughly from 3000-1000 BCE, defined by the widespread use of bronze as a material for tools, weapons, and ornaments.
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**__culture:__** a particular society at a particular time and place.
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**__monarchs:__** a sovereign head of state, esp. a king, queen, or emperor.

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=**Step 2 - There are six (6) characteristics common to "civilization" list the six (6) characteristics and write a short paragraph identifying if you agree or disagree and (most importantly) WHY.**= > Government > Economy > Technology > Arts
 * 1) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">Religion

Agree or disagree and WHY?!?

=**Step 3 - Answer the following questions.**=


 * 1) What changes took place during the Neolithic Age?
 * 2) How are civilizations different from simpler cultures?

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