Global History Vocabulary Chapter 1
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| Geography | The study of people, their environment, and the resources that are available to them.
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| Prehistory | The period of time before writing systems was invented.
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| Culture | Way of life of a society that is handed down from one generation to the next by learning an experience.
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| Artifact | Objects made by human beings.
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| Technology | The skills and tools that people use to meet their basic needs.
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| Historian | A person who studies how people live in the past.
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| Nomad | A person who moves from place to place in search of food.
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| Animism | The belief that spirits and forces, may live in animals, objects, or dreams.
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| Domesticate | To tame animals and crops for the purpose of cultivation.
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| Civilization | Complex highly organized social order
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| Polytheistic | Believing in many gods
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| Monotheistic | Believing in one God
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| Artisan | A skilled craft worker
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| Pictogram | A drawing used to represent a word
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| Anthropology | The study of the origins and development of people and their societies
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| Animism | Belief that spirits and forces may live in animals objects or dreams
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| Surplus | Extra or excess
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| Scribe | In ancient civilizations a specially trained person who knew how to read write and keep records.
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| Cultural Diffusion | Spread by migration, trade and warfar. The spread of ideas customs and technologies from one people to another.
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| City-State | Political unit made up of a city and surrounding lands.
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| Archeology | The study of past people and cultures. A branch of Anthropology.
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| Empire | A group of states or territories, controlled by one ruler.
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| Steppes | Less fertile lands or dry grasslands used by nomads to herd their cattle.
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