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Date: ____________________
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Early Gatherers and Hunters
Unit Focus Question: How does studying ancient cultures affect our lives today?
I. Studying Prehistory:
-Define prehistory:
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-Why do scientists know so little about prehistoric peoples?
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-Define archaeology:
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-Give 3 examples of an artifact:
1.
2.
3.
-Why are early peoples described as “Hunter-gatherers”?
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- An archaeologist finds a piece of a bone necklace at an excavation site. What can he
conclude about this group of people?
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II. Early Peoples:
-How do scientists estimate the age of an artifact?
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Researchers believe that the earliest humans came from _________________________ nearly
_____________________ years ago. They also believe that humans _____________________,
or
moved
from
____________________________
to
__________________
and
_______________ thousands of years ago. As they studied these things, they started to
wonder
who
the
first
_________________________
were
and
how
they
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III. Early Americans:
Some of the earliest artifacts found in the Americas were ______________________________
found near ______________________, New Mexico.
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years
old.
During
They are believed to be about
this
time
earth
was
still
in
an
___________________________, where ______________________ covered huge pieces of
earth.
IV. A Migration Path:
Once the Clovis artifacts were discovered, scientists needed to figure out how
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________________
were
lower
exposing
a
During the Ice Age, the
“land
bridge”
called,
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to
This was a narrow strip of land connecting
___________________________,
allowing
animals
to
___________________ across the “bridge”. Humans had to _________________________ the
animals to survive so scientists believed that is how humans got from ____________________
to the ______________________________.
-Could you walk across Beringia today? Why or why not?
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V. Different Paths:
For years, scientists believed the _____________________________ were the first people in
the Americas. However, a discovery made near ______________________________________
found artifacts to be even older than the Clovis dating to ___________________________
years old. Archaeologists like Albert Goodyear returned to site that had been excavated to dig
a little deeper and see if he could find artifacts that were _______________ than ones found in
_____________________. He found artifacts to be _____________________________ years
old at the __________________________ in South Carolina.
-Are scientists 100% certain who the first Americans were? How do you know?
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