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S.S midterm vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Anthropology | The study of how people have developed and live in cultural groups |
| Culture | The way in which individuals and groups reacts in there environment |
| Landform | A natural feature on Earth's surface |
| Geography | The study of the relationship between physical features, climate, and people |
| Diverse | Different |
| Double cropping | The process in which two crops are grown at the same time in the same year |
| Civil service | The practice of using skills and talents to work in the government |
| Ancestor | A relative who lived longer ago than a grandparent |
| Levee | A dike used to control flooding |
| Loess | A yellowish, brown soil that blows in from the desert |
| Middlemen | A person who goes between buyers and sellers |
| Province | A territory |
| Pictograph | A picture that represents a word |
| Terrace | A platform of earth |
| Oracle bone | Bone commonly used during the Shang dynasty to predict the future |
| Papyrus | A plant who's steams are used to make a kind of paper |
| Pharaoh | A ancient Egypt,a god or king |
| Pyramid | A large stone building to serve as a house for the dead |
| Silt | A mixture of soil and small rocks |
| Mummy | A preserved dead body |
| Delta | A triangular shaped area at the mouth of some rivers |
| Hieroglyphics | A form of writing based on pictures |
| Economy | The way people use to manage resources |
| Covenant | An agreement |
| Barter | To exchange one kind of good or service for another |
| Descendent | A person born later into the same family |
| Monotheism | A the worship of only one god |
| Slavery | The practice of one person owning another |
| Scribe | A professional writer |
| Society | An organized community with established rules and conditions |
| Ziggurat | A huge pyramid shape structure |
| Polytheism | The worship of many gods |
| Empire | A large territory with many different places under the control of one leader |
| Cuneiform | A form of wedge shape writing |
| Dynasty | A ruling family |
| City-state | A city that is an individual unit complete with its own government and traditions |
| Artisan | A crafts person such as a potter or a weaver |
| Irrigation | A system of transporting water to crops |
| Plain | An area of flat land |
| Plateau | An area of high flat land |
| Glacier | A huge sheet of ice |
| Surplus | Extra supply |
| Migrate | To move from one place to another |
| Artifact | An object made by people long ago |
| Archaeologist | Scientist who uncovers evidence or proof of the past |
| Archaeology | The study of past culture who remains such as buildings,tools,or pottery |
| Prehistory | A long period of time before people developed systems of writings and written languages |
| Domesticate | To tame wild animals |
| Excavation site | A site where archaeologist uncover artifacts |
| Agriculture | The raising of plants and animals for human use |
| Nomad | People who travel from place to place |
| Social division | A group that does a certain type of work |
| Carbon dating | A method of estimating the age of something after it has died |
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