Week Four Flashcards

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Migration

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The movement of people from one place to another to live.

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Culture

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The beliefs, customs, language, and traditions of a group of people.

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Hominin

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A member of the human family that includes modern humans and our early ancestors who walked on two legs. Hominins are different from other primates because they stood upright and had larger brains.

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Paleolithic Age

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The Old Stone Age, when humans hunted and gathered food and used simple stone tools.

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Nomads

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People who move from place to place in search of food and shelter.

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Homo Habilis

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One of the earliest members of the human family, known as “handy man” because they were among the first to make and use simple stone tools. They lived about 2.4 to 1.4 million years ago in Africa.

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Homo Erectus

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Known as “upright man,” they walked fully upright, used fire, and made better tools. They were the first early humans to leave Africa and spread into Asia and Europe. They lived from about 1.9 million to 110,000 years ago.

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Homo Neanderthalensis

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Also called Neanderthals, they lived in Europe and Asia from about 400,000 to 40,000 years ago. They had strong bodies, used advanced tools, buried their dead, and may have used simple language.

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Homo Sapiens

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Modern humans. They appeared around 300,000 years ago and are the only surviving species of the human family. They developed complex language, art, religion, and advanced tools.

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• Agriculture

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• The practice of growing crops and raising animals for food, clothing, and other human needs. It allowed people to settle in one place instead of hunting and gathering.