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20 Cards in this Set
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person who studies and writes about human past.
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Historian
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scientist who learns about past human life by studying fossils, and artifacts.
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Archaeologists
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weapons, tools, and other items made by humans in the past.
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Artifact
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the trace or imprint of a plant or animal that has been preserved in rock.
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Fossil
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to tame animals and plants for human use.
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Domesticate
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a scientist who studies the characteristics and cultures of humans and their anscestors.
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Anthropologist
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tools and methods used to help humans perform tasks.
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Technology
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a person who regularly moves from place to place.
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Nomad
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the development of different types of jobs.
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Specialization
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complex societys with cities,organized government,art,religion,class divisions and a writing system.
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Civilization
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to move from one place to another to live, especially a large group of people.
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Migrate
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an extra supply of something, such as crops, that is not needed immediately.
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Surplus
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buying and selling goods; an exchange of one thing for another.
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Trade
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the raising of crops and animals for human use.
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Agriculture
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a person who meets needs by hunting animals and gathering plants.
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Hunter-Gatherers
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a process of shaping stone by chipping pieces off the edges.
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Flaking
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the period of human prehistory that lasted until 8000 B.C., during which time stone tools were the most common technology used by humans.
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Paleolithic Era/Old Stone Age
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the period of human prehistory that lasted from c. 8000 B.C. to c. 4000 B.C., during which humans began to develop agriculture.
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Neolithic Era/New Stone Age
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the first known city that existed more than 8,500 years ago in present-day Turkey.
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Catal Huyuk
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oldest Neolithic community located between modern Israel and Jordan.
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Jericho
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