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14 Cards in this Set
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History
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Written or recorded events of people
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Prehistory
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Time before writing was invented
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Archeologist
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A scientist who examines objects to learn about the human past
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Oral Tradition
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Stories passed on by word of mouth
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Geography
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The study of Earth's surface and the processes that shape it
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Hominid
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A modern human or ancestors of modern humans
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Stone Age
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earliest period of prehistoric culture; Period of time when hominids mad tools and weapons mainly from stone
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Nomad
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A person who has no settled home
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Domesticate
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To adapt wild plants or tame wild animals for human use
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Irrigation
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Supplying land with water by a network of canals
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Surplus
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More than what is needed
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Artisan
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A worker skilled at crafting items by hand
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Civilization
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A society with cities a central government, job specialization & social classes
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Social Class
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A group of people whith simmilar backgrounds, incomes & ways of living
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