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6th EE chapter 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Tanzania | Republic in East Africa formed in 1964 by union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar;5*S,35*E. |
| Great Rift Valley | A series of cliffs and valleys caused by powerful prehistoric earthquakes that extends from Mozambique in southeastern Africa to the Red Sea. |
| Paleolithic Era | The earliest part of the Stone Age charicterized by tools made of crudely chipped stone and by cave art. |
| Blombas Caves | An archaeoligical site in South Africa where humans lived about 70,000 years ago; 30*S, 30*E. |
| Border Cave | A major archaeoligical site in Zululand, South Africa and home of Old Stone Age hunters and gatherers; 27*S, 32*E. |
| hunter-gatherers | A person who meets needs by hunting animals and gathering plants. |
| distortion | In cartogrophy, or mapmaking , the unavoidable inaccuracy caused by stretching or cutting parts off the globe to fit them on a map |
| projection | A way of placing parts on Earth on a flat map |
| equal-area projection | A map that is useful for comparing sizes of land mases, on which shapes at the center are fairly accurate but are very distorted at the edges of the map |
| mercator projection | A map that shows accurate shapes of land masses and correct straight-line directions, but which is distorted by areas of the poles |
| technology | The use of skills and tools to meet practical human needs |
| polar projection | A map projection that shows the area around the North of South Pole. |
| flaking | A Process of shaping stone by chipping pieces off the edges. |
| problem | A question, situation, or condition that is difficult, confusing, or not resolved. |
| consequence | A result of an action. |
| evaluate | To judge. |
| migrate | To move from one place to another to live, especially a large group of people. |
| Neolithic Era | The last period of the Stone Age when human beings began to develop agriculture. |
| agriculture | The raising of crops and animals for human use. |
| domesticate | To train plants or animals to be useful to people. |
| Catal Huyuk | The first known city, existe more that 8,500 years ago in present-day Turkey; 38*N, 34*E. |
| surplus | An extra supply of something,such as crops that are not needed. |
| civilization | A culture that has developed systems of specialization, religion, learning and government. |
| specialize | To spend most of one's time doing one kind of job. |
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