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Geography
8th Grade
12/10/2013

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archaeology
Definition
study of human made objects from the past
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anthropology
Definition
study of culture, study of human fossils/remains to determine culture
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artifact
Definition
any human made object
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artisan
Definition
a skilled craftsman
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prehistory
Definition
time before written records
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bipedalism
Definition
ability to walk on 2 legs
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culture
Definition
peoples’ way of life; accepted behaviors of a group of people
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cultural diffusion
Definition
spread of ideas and products across wide areas
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civilization
Definition
an advanced culture having complex institutions in gov’t, arts, science, etc..
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cranial
Definition
pertaining to the skull area
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clan

 

Definition
group of related famillies
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domestication
Definition
taming for human use
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fossils
Definition
preserved and hardened remains of plants and animals
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glacier
Definition
river of packed ice, large moving mass of ice
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homonid
Definition
earliest human like creature
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masticatory
Definition
pertaining to the mandible or jaw bone area
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monarch
Definition
kings and queens
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nomads
Definition
people who move from place to place
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paleontology
Definition
study of plant and animal fossils
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paradigm
Definition
a model
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primary source
Definition
material that comes from the time period being studied; eyewitness
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petroglyph
Definition
paintings or carvings on rocks particularly found in caves
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riparian
Definition
one who owns land along a river bank
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secondary source

 
Definition
material created after the time period being studies, second-hand
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technology

 
Definition
application fo knowledge to daily life
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Tim White
Definition
anthropologist who discovered Ardipithecus ramidus
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Donald Johanson
Definition
discovered Australopithecus afarensis, “Lucy”
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Mary Leakey
Definition
anthropologist who discovered Laetoli footprints in East Africa
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Raymond Dart
Definition
anthropologist who named Australopithecus africanus in 1920’s
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