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global 9 review
part 1
Term | Definition |
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Social scientist | the people who study the world in which humans live. |
historians | study written records of past events. |
geographers | study the earth's surface and its impact on humans |
topography | physical land features |
climate | weather |
human migrations | movement and the way humans learn to adapt to live in different environements |
political maps | show countries, their borders, and capital cities |
physical maps | show topography |
economists | study how societies use avalible resources |
anthropologists | study past and present human cultures |
archaeologists | they examine the culture of past human societies through analysis of physical remains |
historical sources | historians are concerned with the examination of written resources from the past. |
primary sources | a firsthand record of a historical event created by an eyewitness who actually expierenced the event |
secondary source | a secondhand record of a historical event created by a person who did not actually expierenced the event |
neolithic age | new stone age |
key developments of neolithic age | 1. humans first discovered how to perform agriculture and domesticate animals for food and drink |
key developments of neolithic age | 2. humans switched from being nomads to being settled farmers who lived in permanent villages |
key developments of neolithic age | 3. farming created a steady food supply. |
key developments of neolithic age | 4. The permanent villages created during the neolithic age eventually turned into civilizations |
key developments of neolithic age | 5. The development of farming during this period was so important for humans that it is often called the "Neolithic Revolution" |
civilization | a civilization is a complex and highly organized society that a governing social classes, job specialization, a food surplus, writing, and religious. |