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Global Vocab 5.1a
5.1a Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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DOMESTICATION | THE PROCESS OF TAMING AN ANIMAL AND KEEPING IT ON A FARM FOR FOOD |
"LUCY" | SEVERAL HUNDRED PIECES OF BONE FOSSILS REPRESENTING 40 PERCENT OF THE SKELETON OF A FEMALE OF THE HOMININ SPECIES |
NOMAD | PEOPLE WHO MOVE FROM PLACE TO PLACE TO FIND PASTURE AND FOOD |
THE LEAKEY'S | BRITISH PALEOANTHROPOLOGISTS WHO DISCOVERED THE FIRST FOSSILIZED PROCONSUL SKULL, AN EXTINCT APE THAT IS NOW BELIEVED TO BE ANCESTRAL TO HUMANS |
SLASH & BURN FARMING | HUMANS USED THIS METHOD OF CLEARING LAND TO MAKE IT SUITABLE FOR AGRICULTURE AND RAISING ANIMALS. |
ARTIFACT | AN OBJECT REMAINING FROM A PARTICULAR PERIOD |
CIVILIZATION | A COMPLEX CULTURE WITH FIVE CHARACTERISTICS: ADVANCED CITIES, SPECIALIZED WORKERS, COMPLEX INSTITUTIONS, RECORD KEEPING AND ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY |
CUNEIFORM | IS A SYSTME OF WRITING FIRST DEVELOPED BY THE ANCIENT SUMERIANS OF MESOPOTAMIA |