Unit 3 Vocabulary

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Unit 3 Vocabulary

• Adobe
• Archaeologist
• Anthropologist
• Culture
• Artifact
• Historic
• Prehistoric
• Bison

• Migration
• Bering Strait
• Ice Age
• Paleo-Americans
• Ancient
• Cultural group
• Nomads
• Matrilineal
• Tepee

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Frayer Model
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• Which path was taken by the original people who
  discovered Texas?
• Take your best guess!
• Why did they come to Texas?
• What were they following?
• What HUGE event in history caused this migration?
  

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• B.C. / A.D????
• It stands for Before Christ and Anno Domini
  (Latin for in the year of the lord).
• B.C.E/ C.E.???
• It stands for Before Current Era and Current Era

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It all started in Africa200,000 to 150,000 years
ago!
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The Eras of Ancient Humans in the Americas
Lithic Stone in Latin

• Paleolithic Era The OLD Stone Age 35,000 BC/BCE
  10,000 BC/BCE
• Mesolithic Era The Middle Stone Age 10,000
  BC/BCE 6,000 BC/BCE
• Neolithic Era The New Stone Age
  6,000 BC/BCE 100 AD/CE

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Paleolithic Era

• Paleo Old
• Hunted Big Game
• Depend completely on environment
• Nomadic
• Lean-to Shelters or Caves
• Hand-made tools

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Mesolithic Era

• Meso Middle
• Hunt in groups
• Develop primitive language
• Sustain fire
• Clans
• Small animals and more gathering

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Neolithic Era

• Neo New
• Agricultural Revolution!!!!
• End of Ice Age
• Development of Farming
• New Tools
• Permanent homes
• Domesticate animals
• Need Leaders

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Why did they come to Texas? What were they
following?
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What HUGE event in history caused this migration?

• Ice AgeYikes!
• About 35,000 years ago ice sheets covered about
  1/3 of the earth.
• Resultocean level lower land bridges made
  migration to various parts of world possible.

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Midland Minnie ?!
First humans reached Texas about 10,000 years ago
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What happens in Texas?

• Big Game Animals are goneforced to adapt.
• What do they need to do to survive?
• What would they find in the different areas of
  Texas?
• How would they have to adapt?
• What technology would they have needed?

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Stone Tools
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