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| people who share a culture and a territory |
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| people who have something in common and who believe that what they have in common is significant; also called social group |
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| hunting and gathering society |
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| a human group that depends on hunting and gathering for its survival |
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| the healing specialist of a tribe who attempts to control the spirits thought to cause a disease or injury; commonly called a witch doctor |
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| a society based on the pastoring of animals |
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| a society based on cultivating plants by the use of handtools |
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| the first social revolution, based on the domestication of plants and animals, which led to pastoral and horticultural societies |
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| the second social revolution, based on the invention of the plow, which let to agricutural societies |
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| a society based on large scale agriculture, plows drawn by animals are the source of food production |
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| the third social revolution, occurring when machines powered by fuels replaced most animal and human power |
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