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Unit 1 terms
Social Studies
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |