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30 Cards in this Set
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long period of time before people invented systems of writing
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prehistory
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the study of the ways of life of early peoples through examination of their physical remains
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archaeology
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object made by people
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artifact
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refers to the skills and tools people use to meet their basic needs
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technology
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study how people lived in the past primarily by examining written records
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historian
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the study of people, their environments and the resources available to them
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geography
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measures the distance north or south of the equator
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latitude
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measures the distance east or west of the equator
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longitude
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people who move from place to place in search of food
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nomads
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sheets of ice
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glacier
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a system of managing government through departments run by appointed officials (i.e. water dept.)
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bureaucracy
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belief in many gods
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polytheistic
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craftworkers who practice a skilled trade or handicraft
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artisan
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simple drawings that represent words
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pictogram
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people who knew how to read and write
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scribe
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a political unit that included a city and its surrounding lands and villages
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city-state
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a group of states or territories controlled by one ruler
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empire
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sparse dry grasslands used by nomadic herders
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steppe
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the spread of ideas, customs and technologies through trade, migration and warfare
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cultural diffusion
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the study of humans and the societies or cultures they create
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anthroplogy
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the physical features and human characteristics of a society
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place
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how people shape or adapt to the places in which they live
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human-environment interaction
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the change in location of people, goods and ideas
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movement
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divisions of the world based on physical features, political, economic or cultural features
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regions
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specifically where a place is on the surface of the earth
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exact location
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where a place on the earth is located in relation to another location (i.e. it's near the school)
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relative location
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the period of time when nomadic people lived in small hunting and food-gathering communities
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Paleolithic or Old Stone Age
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the period of time when people learned to farm, domesticate animals and settle into permanent villages
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Neolithic or New Stone Age
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studies what and how a society produces what it needs
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economist
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specializes in the study of government
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political scientist
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