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Global Vocab 5.1b
5.1 b Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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NOMAD | PEOPLE WHO MOVE FROM PLACE TO PLACE TO FIND PASTURE AND FOOD. |
CULTURE | THE CHARACTERISTICS AND KNWLEDGE OF A PARTICULAR GROUP OF PEOPLE, ENCOMPASSING LANGUAGE, RELIGION, CUISINE, SOCIAL HABITS, MUSIC AND ART |
SCRIBE | A PERSON WHO SERVES AS PROFESSIONAL COPYIST, ESPECIALLY ONE WHO MADE COPIES OF MANUSCRIPTS BEFORE THE INVENTION OF PRINTING |
CIVILIZATION | A COMPLEX CULTURE WITH FIVE CHARACTERISTICS: ADVANCED CITIES, SPECIALIZED WORKERS, COMPLEX INSTITUTIONS, RECORD KEEPING AND ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY |
INSTITUTION | A LONG LASTING PATTERN OF ORGANIZATION IN A COMMUNITY. |
CUNEIFORM | IS A SYSTME OF WRITING FIRST DEVELOPED BY THE ANCIENT SUMERIANS OF MESOPOTAMIA |
THE LEAKEY'S | BRITISH PALEOANTHROPOLOGISTS WHO DISCOVERED THE FIRST FOSSILIZED PROCONSUL SKULL, AN EXTINCT APE THAT IS NOW BELIEVED TO BE ANCESTRAL TO HUMANS |
"LUCY" | SEVERAL HUNDRED PIECES OF BONE FOSSILS REPRESENTING 40 PERCENT OF THE SKELETON OF A FEMAL OF THE HOMININ SPECIES. |