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18 Cards in this Set
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Archaeologist
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A person who study human history mostly the culture of historic and prehistoric people.
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Stone Age
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The first known period of prehistoric human culture .
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Artifacts
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An object made by a person normally a item historical interest .
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Paleolithic
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Relating to, or denoting the early phase of the Stone Age, lasting about 2.5 million years, when primitive stone implements were used.
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Neolithic
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Relating to, or denoting the early phase of the Stone Age, that lasted about 2.5 million years.
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Tool |
Something you use to build or do things with. |
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Nomads
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A person who doesn't stay in a place for a long time.
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Cave Art
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Is art on the walls and ceiling in caves .
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Settlement
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Where people establish a community.
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Culture
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The arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively.
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Surplus
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Amount of something left over when requirements have been met an excess of production or supply over demand .
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Quern
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a simple hand mill for grinding grain, typically consisting of two circular stones, the upper of which is rotated or rubbed to and fro on the lower one.
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Fertile Crescent
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The Fertile Crescent is the region in the Middle East which curves, like a quarter-moon shape, from the Persian Gulf, through modern-day southern Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and northern Egypt.
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Catal Huyuk
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is an archaeological site in what is now south-central Turkey. Along with Jericho, it's considered one of the oldest cities in the world, dating from almost 7500 BC.
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Domestication
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to tame an animal, especially by generations of breeding, to live in close association with human beings as a pet or work animal.
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Hominid
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A primate of a family that includes people and their fossil ancestors.
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Hunter-Gatherer
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A member of a nomad people who live chiefly by hunting fishing and harvesting wild food.
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Wooly Mammoth
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A mammoth that has a long shaggy coat , small ears and a layer of fat.
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