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13 Cards in this Set
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Glacier
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A slowly moving huge mass of ice and rock.
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Technology
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tools, machines, and methods used by a culture to imporve products and preformance and to make things more efficient.
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Hunter-Gathers
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A person who gets food by hunting wild animals and gathering wild plants, roots, nuts and berries.
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Band
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A group of people; a small loosely organized group of hunter-gatherers, consisting of 20-30 individuals.
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Surplus
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An extra amount; more than is needed.
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Environment
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all the living and nonliving things in a person's surroundings.
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Domesticate
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To train or adapt an animal or plant to live in a human environment, making it more useful to humans.
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Agriculture
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the science, art, and buisness of raising animals and plants to supply food.
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Shrine
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a sacred place where people worship.
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Self-sufficient
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being able to provide for oneself without depending on others.
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Irrigation
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the act of supplying dry lands with water by means of canals, ditches, pipes, and/or streams
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Famine
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a widespread shortage of food that threatens death from starvation.
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Civilization
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a complex society with a stable food supply, specialization of labor, a government, and a highly developed culture.
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