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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 the past |
geographers | study the earths surface and its impact on humans. |
topography | physical land features |
climate | weather |
human migrations | (movement), and the way in which humans adapt to (learn to live in) |
political maps | show countries, their boarders, and capital cities |
physical maps | show topography (land features such as mountains, rivers,deserts,lakes,etc) |
economists | study how societies use available resources |
anthropologists | study past and present human cultures |
primary source | a firsthand record of a historical event created by an eyewitness who actually experienced the event |
secondary source | a second hand record of a historical event created by a person who did not actually experienced the event |
neolithic age | new stone age |
key development of neolithic age | humans first discovered how to perform agriculture and domesticate animals for food and drink |
key development of neolithic age | humans switched from being nomads |
key development of neolithic age | farming created a steady food supply |
key development of neolithic age | the permanent villages created during the neolithic age eventually turned into civilizations |
key development of neolithic age | the development of farming g 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 includes a government social classes job specialization a food surplus writing and religious beliefs |