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42 Cards in this Set
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people who study about people, places, and events of the past
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historians
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person who actually sees some act or happening
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eyewitness
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scientist who studes ancient ruins and artifacts to learn about the past
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archaeologist
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friendly nation that helps another nation in a war
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ally
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scientific name for humans
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homo sapiens
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uncivilized people
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barbarians
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land just beyond the settled edge of a nation
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frontier
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settlements people made in lands away from their own nations
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colonies
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large settled area conquered and controlled by a single power
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empire
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North America, Central America, and South America
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New World
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places where the first known civilizations were established
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river valleys
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way to measure the passage of days, months, and years
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calendar
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time before history was written
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prehistoric time
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period of 100 years
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century
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event used in the Christian calendar to measure time
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birth of Christ
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period of 10 years
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decade
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period after the Bronze Age when humans used tools made from iron
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Iron Age
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A.D. stands for...?
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Anno Domini
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agreement between nations
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treaty
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humans belief in god or the supernatural
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religion
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item of information
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fact
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agreement that ends a war
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peace treaty
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group of people who make laws that others must obey
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government
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attack in which hostile troops of one nation enter another nation
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invasion
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term for a nation with more people than it can support
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overpopulation
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empire-building by nations
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imperialism
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a human made object, such as a tool or weapon
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artifact
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an event or time that marks the beginning of a new development
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epoch
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period of time figured from some particular date
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era
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period of 20 years
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score
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prehistoric period in which humans used tools made from stone
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stone age
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period of 1,000 years
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millenium
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long period of time
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eon
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period of approxomately 33 years
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generation
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conflicts in which two parts of the same nation figh each other
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civil war
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facts that point towards what is true and what is fake about an event
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evidence
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careful hunting for facts or true
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research
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idea about how something happened
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theory
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exact words of someone
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quotation
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culture or ways of living in a society
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civilization
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happenings are connected to one another in some way
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related events
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family or rulers
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dynasty
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