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chapter 1 history
9th grade history
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| pre-history | period before recorded (written) history |
| archeologists | the study of past human activity though the recovery of artifacts and architecture |
| anthropology | the study of humans past nd present |
| historian | expert in or student of history |
| Paleolithic age | old stone |
| Neolithic age | new stone |
| domestication | adaption of animals for human use |
| systematic-agriculture | planting of crops year round |
| artisans | trade worker |
| civilizations | complex culture in which large numbers of human being share a number of common elements |
| nomad | travel from place to place |
| scribes | professional copyist |
| bronze | mix copper with tin |
| caves | shelter/supply |
| hominids | the group of modern humans and ancestors |