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CHAPTER 1 History Vocab.
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History
9th Grade
08/22/2013

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Artifacts

 

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human-made objects

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Culture

 

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a people's unique way of life

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Homininds
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Humans and other creatures that walk upright

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Paleolithic Age
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Earlier and longer part of Stone Age, and lasted from about 2.5 million to 8000 B.C.

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Neolithic Age
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Period of the Stone Age that lasted from about 8000 B.C. to 3000 B.C.

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Technology
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Ways of applying knowledge, tools, and inventions to meet their needs

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Homo Sapiens
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Species name for modern humans

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Nomads
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Highly mobile people who moved from place to place searching for new sources of food

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Hunter-Gatherer
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Nomadic groups whose food supply depends on hunting animals and collecting plant foods

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Neolithic Revolution
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Far-reaching changes in human life resulting from the beginnings of farming

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Slash-and-burn Farming
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When  you cut trees or grasses and burn them to clear a field and use the ashes as fertilizer

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Domestication
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Taming

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Civilization
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A complex culture with advanced cities, specialized workers, complex institutions, record keeping, and advanced technology

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Specialization
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Development of skills in a specific kind of work

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Artisans
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Skilled workers who make goods by hand

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Institution
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Long-lasting pattern of organization in a community

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Scribes
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Professional record keepers

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Cuneiform
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System of writing that consists of pictographs 

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Bronze Age
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The time when people beganusing bronze, rather than copper and stone

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Barter
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Trading goods and services without money

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Ziggurat
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A massive, tiered pyramid-shaped monument

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