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| Study written records of past events. |
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| Study the Earth's surface and its impact on human. Geographers often examine topography(physical land features), climate(weather), human migrations(movement), and the way in which humans adapt to(learn to live in) different environments. Often examine two types of maps: Political Maps and physical maps. |
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| Study how societies use available resources by studying how much of a good is produced, how a good is produced and how these goods are distributed. |
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| Social scientist that studies past and present human cultures. Archaeologists, a type of Anthropologists, examine the past of human societies through analysis of artifacts or physical remains. |
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A first hand record of a historical event created by someone who actually experienced an event.
Example: Autobiography, Diary, photographs, artifacts. |
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A second hand record of a historical event created by someone who did not experience an event.
Example: Biographies, Textbooks, Encyclopedias. |
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| Neolithic Age/ Revolution |
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Age or period of time in which humans first discovered how to perform agriculture (farm) and domesticate (raise) animals for food and drink. Also called "New Stone Age."
People changed from being nomads, people who move from place to place, to being settled farmers who lived in permanent villages.
Farming created a steady food supply called a food surplus. |
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