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Social sciences
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Social Studies
7th Grade
09/16/2015

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artifact
Definition
original object made by humans and used by archaelogists to learn about human culture
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primary souce
Definition
first hand acount of an event or time period "captures a moment in time"
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secondary source
Definition
acount given by someone who did not directly witness the event or time period
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bias
Definition
favoring one side over another
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geography
Definition
the study of people, their environments and their resources(land)
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economics
Definition
the study of how people manage their limited resources to satisfy their basic wants and needs
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political science
Definition
the study of governments, how there organized and how they work
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acheaology
Definition
the study of evidence(objects) left by early people in order to find(artifacts) out about their way of life
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authentic
Definition
it is what it says it is... truthful
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Beringia
Definition
Land bridge that connected Siberia to Alaska in the ice age
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Nomad
Definition
People who moved from place to place in search for food
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Civilization
Definition
A society that has certain basic needs
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Teppe
Definition
A tent made out of skin, cloth, or canvas on a fram of poles used by american Indians of the plains and Great lakes reagions
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Igloos
Definition
A home made out of snow and ice uasually built as temperary shelters
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Longhouse
Definition
A type of house with a single room built for many familys to live in
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league of Iroquois
Definition
a group of tribes coming to make one big group
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Aztec
Definition

early nomads that constructed a system of cause ways and roads.They studyed the heavens and developed conplex calenders. They beleived n the sun god.

empior

priests/nobles

warriors

merchans/artisain

farmers

slaves

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Maya
Definition

The early Maya's lived in rain forests of guatamala and mexico. Thy were great farmers. Priests held great power.

Priests

nobles

laborers/farmers

slaves

They were advansed in asronamine and math, they developed a system of numbers

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Inca
Definition
They built one of the largest empiors in america. The center of the capitol was at cuzco. All nobles tried to visit it at least once in there lifetime. The city had massive palaces and temples made out of stone and decorated with gold ornaments.
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