Chpt 1, 2
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each of the black spaces below before clicking
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| The Long period of time before people developed systems of writing and written language | pre-history
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| The study of past cultures through the things that remain such as buildings, tools or pottery | archaeology
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| A scientist who uncovers evidence, or proof from the past | archaeologist
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| An object made by people long ago | artifact
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| To move from one place to another | migrate
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| A huge sheet of ice | glacier
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| A period of time when glaciers covered the great stretches of the land | Ice Age
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| To tame | domesticate
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| to gather | harvest
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| the raising of plants or animals for human use | agriculture
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| an extra supply | surplus
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| a person that travels from place to place without a permanent home | nomad
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| a group that does a certain type of work | social division
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| the average of weather conditions of a place over a long span of time | climate
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| the period of time when humans relied primarily on stone tools | stone age
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| the early, longer period of the stone age when little progress was made | old stone age
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| the late period of the stone age when humans made great improvement in technology | new stone age
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| the way in which individuls and groups react with their environment, including their technology, customs, beliefs, and art | culture
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| the study of the relationship between physical features, climate and people | geography
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| different | diverse
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| the way that humans produce items they use | technology
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| a site where archaeologists uncover artifacts | excavation site
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| a method of estimating the age of something after it has died | carbon dating
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| The Study of how people developed and live in cultural groups. | Anthrolopology.
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| A surface feature such as a Vally, Plains, Hills, and Mountains. | Landform
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| Groups of people who have complex and organized society within a culture. | Civilization
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| Rich soil and its curved shape. | Fertile and Fertile Crescent
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| An area of flat land bordered by two rivers called Tigris and Euphrates. | Plain
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| A land between two rivers. | Mesopotamian
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| An area of high flat fertile land. | Plateau
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| Bringing water to crops. | Irrigation
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| A city that is an individual unit, complete with its own form of government and traditions. | City-State
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| An area of earths common physical features. | Region
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| Pottery and weavers and craft makers. | Artisans
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| In the south. | Sumer
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| In the north. | Akkad
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| Was a large city Sumerian city-state. | Uruk
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| Consisted of a series of stacked rectangular plat forms that formed a huge pyramid-shaped structure. | Ziggurat
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| An organized community with established rules and traditions. | Society
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| The worship of many gods. | Polytheism
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| A professional writer. | Scribe
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| Wedged-shaped writing. | Cuneiform
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| Defeated | Conquered
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| A large community. | Empire
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| Ruling family. | Dynasty
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| An expanded territory. | Assyria
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| Defeat of another group. | Conquest
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| A city-state. | Babylon
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| An empire | Babylonia
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| A capital. | Nineveh
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| An agreement. | Covenant
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| The worship of only one god. | Monotheism
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| The practice of one person owning another. | Slavery
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| People that are born later in the same family. | Descendants
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| Jewish Houses of worship. | Synagogues
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| Exchange goods and services for others. | Bart
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