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Social studies
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Archaeologists | a scientist who examines objects to learn about the human past |
| Artisan | a worker who is especially skilled at crafting items by hand |
| Civilization | a society with cities, a central government, job specialization, and social class |
| Domesticate | to adapt wild plants for humans use: tame wild animals and breed them for human use |
| Fertile | rich in substances plants need to grow well |
| Geography | the study of earth's surface, and the processes that shape it |
| History | written and other recorded events of people |
| Irrigation | supplying land with water through a network of canals |
| Nomad | a person who has no settled home |
| Oral Traditions | stories passed down by word of math |
| Prehistory | time before writing was invented |
| Social Class | a group of people with similar backgrounds, incomes, and ways of living |
| Stone Age | a period of time which early humans made lasting tool and weapons mainly from stone: the earliest known period of human culture |
| Surplus | more that is needed |