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Are people that study the past

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Historians

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What is history ?

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The study of the past

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What is culture ?

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Knowledge, beliefs, values, and customs of a group of people.

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What is archaeology ?

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Study of the past, but based on what people left behind

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Are people that study archaeology

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Archaeologists

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What is a fossil ?

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Is a part or imprint of something that was once alive.

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What are artifacts ?

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Objects created by and used by humans

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What are the two historic sources ?

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Primary source

Secondary source

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Primary source:

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ACCOUNT OF AN EVENT, created by someone that took part in or witness the event.

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Secondary source:

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INFORMATION GATHERED by someone that DOES NOT took part in or witness the event.

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What is geography ?

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Is the study of the earth’s physical and cultural features

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What are the two main branches of geography ?

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Physical geography

Human geography

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Physical geography:

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Study the earth’s land and features.

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Human geography:

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Study of the people and places where they lived. CULTURE

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An area with 1 or more features that make it different from surrounding areas.

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Region

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What does physical and human geography uses ?

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Location and maps

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Location:

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Exact description of where something is

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Maps:

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Drawing of an area

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What is prehistory ?

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Is the time before there was writing.

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What is an hominid ?

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An early ancestor of humans

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What is an ancestor ?

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Relative who lived in the past.

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What are the types of hominids ?

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Australopithecus
Homo habilis
Homo erectus
Homo sapiens.

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Were the first people. They look like humans because they walked in 2 legs, have small teeth, and small brain

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Australopithecus

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” handy man “ and have a larger brain.

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Homo habilis

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” upright man “, because they walked completely like humans, and they knew how to control fire.

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Homo erectus

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Homo sapiens

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” wise man “. We are homo sapiens !! :)

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What is a tool ?

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Handheld object that has been modified to help a person to complete a task.

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Paleolithic Era:

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First part of the Stone Age

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Mesolithic Era

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Middle Stone Age

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Neolithic Era

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New stone age

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Agriculture

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Farming

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Megaliths

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Huge stones used as monuments

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