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30 Cards in this Set
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agri-
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field
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cult-
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care for
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man-
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hand
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nov-
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new
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innovation
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something new or different
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novel
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of a new kind--different from anything seen or known before
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cultivate
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to prepare land for crops or gardening--to try and develop a skill or quality
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agriculture
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the science and practice of growing/cultivating food
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cultured
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showing good taste and manners
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aquaculture
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raising plants or animals in water
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horticulture
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the practice of raising and tending a garden
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domesticate
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to train or adapt an animal or plant so it can be more useful to humans
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pastoralism
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the practice of herding animals as the primary economic activity
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population growth
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increase in the number of people who inhabit an area
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scarcity
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when the supply is too small--not enough
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fertile
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bearing, producing, or capable of producing; producing offspring
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surplus
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an amount over and above what is needed--extra quantity
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specialization
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specific study or work; jobs. “specialization of labor”; like one person making pots and one person making baskets.
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trade
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an exchange--a buying and selling of goods
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staple crop
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crop that forms the basis of a food source; like rice, potatoes, yams, wheat
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egalitarian
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equal--equality of all people
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Neolithic Revolution
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the origin of agriculture, including the domestication of animals, and a more sedentary life that occurred during the “new stone age”
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manual
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relating to the hands; done by hand (not automatic or electronic)
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manicured
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neatly trimmed by hand
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independent invention
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when a culture invents new technology and ideas without influence from another culture
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cultural diffusion
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when people from one group accept ideas and technology from another culture and adapt it to their own culture
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culture
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attitudes, beliefs, customs, traditions, art and achievements of a society, passed from one generation to the next generation
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nomad
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A member of a people who have no fixed residence but move from place to place usually seasonally and within a well-defined territory
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Neolithic
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“New Stone Age”
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technology
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the collection of ideas or tools that a group of people use to solve problems and make life better
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