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STJUDE 6B SS C3
ST JUDE SOCIAL STUDIES 6B CHAPTER 3
| TERM | DEFINITION |
|---|---|
| prehistoric | Before history was written down; no written records. Scientists learned about the people by what they left behind. |
| homosapiens | People with the same skull structure and physical characteristics we have today; HUMANS |
| Stone Age | A prehistoric time when the first humans made tools by chipping away at stone in order to shape it to do a specific job. |
| hunter-gatherers | people who live off wild game, plants, fish, fruit, and seeds |
| agriculture | working the land to grow plants on it |
| irrigation | direct water to fields through a system of ditches |
| domestication | the taming and raising of wild animals. This gave people a steady supply of meat and milk. |
| surplus of food | far more food than they need |
| specialization of labor | people became skilled at specific jobs that helped the entire community |
| class | group of people make about the same amount of money and hold the same social position in society. |
| Fertile Crescent | Area where the Tigris and Euphrates rivers flow into the Persian Gulf. |
| silt | fine particles of soil from the lands they passed through |
| cuneiform | wedge shaped writing that contained over 800 signs |
| culture | the custom beliefs and a whole way of life of a group of people |
| belief | a system of ideas by which people live ideas in which people have confidence and trust |
| rituals | a form of ceremony associated with a religious cultural or political procedure |
| global village | a term that compares the world to a small village wherefast modarn communication allows news to travel quickly |
| anthropologist | a scientist who studies people and their cultures |
| arhaelogist | a scientist who studies past civilications by examining ancient pottery buildings and remains |
| artifact | a object from the past of historicalinterest such as ancient tools and pottery |
| fossil | the remains of traces ofa plant or animalsfrom an earlier age |
| site | aplace where scientists search for signs of past human civilization |
| Bible | a book of ancient writings sacred to Christianity and Judaism |
| Covenant | a solemn agreement |
| Nomad | a person who moves from place to place in search of food and water |
| Monothaism | the worship of one all poweful god |
| Diaspora | the scattering of jews throughout the world since ancient times |
| Rabbi | a religious scholar or leader in the jewish faith |
| Snyagogue | a place for worship and study in the jewish faith |
| polytheistic | worshipping many gods |
| Code of Hammurabi | best preserved ancient code of laws |
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