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AC Gratton
Ch. 1 Social Studies
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Historians | People who study and write about the human past. |
| Archaeologists | People who hunt for evidence buried in the ground where settlements might once have been. |
| artifacts | Weapons, tools, and other things made by humans. |
| fossils | Traces of plants or animals that have been preserved in rock. |
| Anthropologists | People who focus on human society and study how humans developed and how they relate to one another. |
| nomads | People who regularly move from place to place. |
| Jericho | The oldest known village that was found in the Middle East. |
| hereditary | Passed down from father to son. |
| artisans | Skilled workers who made metal products, cloth, or pottery. |
| city-state | A piece of land separated and has its own government that was not part of a larger unit. |
| cuneiform | The writing system that consisted of hundreds of wedge-shaped marks. |
| civilizations | Complex societies that have cities, organized government, art, religion, class divisions, and writing systems. |
| empire | A group of many different lands under one ruler. |
| caravans | Groups of traveling merchants. |
| astronomers | People who study the heavenly bodies--mapped the stars, the planets, and the phases of the moon. |
| provinces | Political districts |