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10th Grade
09/15/2008

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Artifacts
Definition
Human made objects, such as tool weapon, piece of jewelry
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Culture
Definition
A persons way of life as shown by its tools,arts ideas.
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hominids
Definition
a member of a biological group, includes humans and other species that walk up right
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paleolithic age
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a Prehistoric age that lasted about 2000 years. during it people used stone. Also called the stone age.
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Neolithic age
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an era that began 8000 BC and was when people polished stone and made use of pottery
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Technology
Definition
the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes
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Homo sapiens
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The primate species to which modern humans belong to : humans regarded as a species
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nomads
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a person that does not stay in one place for a long time. wander
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Hunter-gathers
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a nomads who lives hunting fishing and harvesting wild life.
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Neolithic revolution
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The end of the stone age when tools were polished.
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Slash and burn farming
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a method of agriculture in which existing vegetation is cut down and burned off before new seeds have a chance to grow
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Domestication
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the taming of plants and animals for human use
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civilization
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the most advanced stage of social development and very organized
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specialization
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a expert or experts at the same thing
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artisans
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a worker in a skilled trade, a trade that involves working with their hands
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institution
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a society or organization founded for religious, education or similar reason
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scribes
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a person who copies documents was employed before the copying was invented
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cuneiform
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denoting or relating to the wedge shaped . used in ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia
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bronze age
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began after the stone age, when cretin tools were made of bronze not stone
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Barter
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exchange of goods with out using money
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ziggurat
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a rectangular shaped tower in the third millennium
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