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Unit 1 terms
Social Studies
Term | Definition |
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Archaelogist | A scienctist who studies human history by digging up human remains and artifacts |
Artifact | a simple object such as a tool or ornament showing human facts(representing a culture or a stage of a human culture) |
B.C.E | Before the Common Era(before the birth of christ) |
Catalhoyuk | Neolethic site in present day Turkey |
fossil | Remains,impressions,or trace of a living thing from a former geologic age,as a skeleton or a footprint |
C.E | Common Era;the global stranded used to count years based on the birth of Christ |
Migration | movement from one country,place ,or locality to another |
Neolithic | Later part of stone age when people used ground or polished stone weapons and implements |
Neolithic Revolution | A fundamental change in he way people from hunting and gathering to agriculture led to permanent settlements |
Nomadic | having no fixed home and moving according to the seasons from place in search of water,or food and grazing land |
Obsidian | A dark natural glass that forms when lava from a volcano cools(used to make arrowhead) |
Paleothic | Early part of Stone Age, lasting abut 2.5 million years,when primitive stone implements were used |
Sedentary | staying or living in one place instead of moving to different places |
Tribal | A group of people that live together (that includes many families and relatives who have the same language,customs and beliefs, and leaders) |
Turning point | A point at which a very significant(important) change occurs |