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Social Sudies
Chapter 1 Vocab
Term | Definition |
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surplus | more than is needed |
specialize | focus on one particular product, activity, or job |
civilization | culture with organized systems of goverment, religion, and learning |
pyramid | building with three or more sides shaped like triangles that slant toward a point at the top |
empire | large group or lands and peoples ruled by one leader |
tribute | payment a ruler demands from he or she rules |
slavery | practice of owning people and forcing them to work |
ice age | period during which low temperatures caused large areas of earth's water to freeze |
glaciers | thick sheets of ice that covered earth's surface during the ice age |
migrate | to move from one area to another |
theory | one possible explanation for something |
artifact | object made by people in the past |
archaeologist | scientists who studies the artifacts of people who lived a long time ago and draws conclusions from them |
lodge | large round hut built by plains Indians |
ceremony | activity done for a special purpose |
mesa | high flat landform that rises steeply around it |
drought | long period without rain |