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World History 34
34 world history vocab words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| A.D. | anno domini (the year after the lord) - refers to the time period after the death of Christ |
| B.C. | refers to the time period before Jesus Christ (Politically Correct) |
| C.E. | Common era - same as A.D. |
| B.C.E. | Before Common Era - same as B.C. |
| m.y.a | millions of years ago |
| pre-history and history | before and after written history |
| era or epoch | a period of time |
| hunter-gather | the way people obtained food before farming and agriculture |
| agriculture | the practice of farming and raising livestock |
| shards | broken pieces of pottery |
| technology | use of tools and utensils by humans |
| excavation | the uncovering of artifacts and features |
| mummy | a dead body that has been preserved by embalming |
| archaeologist | scientist trained in uncovering the past |
| fossil | the remnant or trace of an organism usually embedded and preserved |
| thatch | roof covering made of grass |
| radiocarbon dating | method for determining age of organic remains |
| absolute dating | method for determining age in years |
| plaza | a central open area within a village |
| atl-atl | a spear throwing tool |
| culture | patterns of behavior that human groups invent, learn, and teach |
| catalog | a record of collected specimens or (verb): to record collected specimens |
| preservation | taking care of something so that it is not destroyed |
| sites | places where human activity resulted in deposits or artifacts (a dig) |
| artifacts | left behind objects produced by people |
| chert | a smooth stone used in making tools |
| grid | a set of evenly spaced north/south lines |
| flint | a high quality stone used for flaking in tool making; also to start fire |
| mound | a man-made hill of earth |
| anthropology | the scientific study of the origin, behavior, and the biological, social, and cultural development of human beings |
| physical evidence | evidence left behind by humans; any material object, intended to prove a fact based on physical characteristics; part or all of any object. |
| methodology | orderly arrangements of parts or steps to accomplish an end; the procedures characteristic of a particular discipline (as in archaeological method) |
| evolution | a gradual process in which something changes into something else; the theory that groups of organisms change morphologically and physiologically with time, mainly as a result of natural selection |
| natural selection | the process in nature by which, according to darwin, the organisms best adapted to their environment tend to survive to transmit their genetic characteristics, while those less adapted tend to be eliminated(only the strong survive) |
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