Social Studies Chapter 1

key terms

12 cards·by chloe

prehistory

time before within record

archeology

the study of human life in the past through the examination of the things people left behind

artifacts

objects made and used by people

fossil

the remains or imprints of living things that existed years ago

Mary and Louis Leaky

discovered human fossils at a place called Olduvia George in east Asia

Donald Johnson

American fossil hunter

Michael Brunet

French fossil hunter

hunters and gatherers

they lived by hunting small animals and gathering plants

nomads

they move from place to place with the seasons

culture

a way of life

Neanderthals

a group that appeared in Europe and parts of Asia

Homosapiens

were the first modern humans