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Paleolithic |
Pre history because there were no written records because there were no humans. Also known as old Stone Age. |
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Neolithic |
Pre history because there were no written records because humans didn't have a language. |
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Revolution |
A complete change in ways of thinking, working, or living. |
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Domesticate |
To change the growth of plants or behavior of animals in ways that are useful for humans. |
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Surplus |
More than they needed to feed themselves |
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Specialization |
Occurs when people spend most of their time working at a single job or craft. |
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Economy |
The system that a community uses to produce and distribute goods and services. |
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Civilization |
A complex society that has cities, a well organized government, and workers with specialized job skills. |
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Resource |
A supply of something that can be used as needed. |
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Religion |
A set of shared beliefs about supernatural powers that created and rule the world. |
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Social class |
Groups of people that occupy different ranks or levels in society. |
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Monotheism |
Belief in one god. |
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Polytheism |
Belief in more than one god. People went to their religions beliefs to make laws and know what to do. |
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Social class |
Leveling out who has the most power in terms of society. |
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Public works |
Our building projects, roads, bridges, water systems etc. |
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Arts and architecture |
They left lots of artifacts from the past now displayed today. |
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System of writing |
They used symbols to represent sound and letters. Most symbols were used for farming count to know how much they collected. |
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Flood control |
To protect against floods, farmers built a system of levees to keep the waters back. |
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Levee |
Wall that keeps a river within its banks |
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Irrigation |
A system of canals to bring water to crops and fields . |
