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Unit 1 terms

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TermDefinition
Archaeologists A scientist who studies human human history by digging up (excavating) human remains
Artifact usually a simple object such as a tool or ornament showing human work and representing a culture or stage in the development of a culture
B.C.E before the common era
Agriculture The raising of crops and animals
Old Stone Age Paleolithic Age
Fossils remains impression or trace of a living thing of a former geologic age, such as a skeleton or footprint
C.E. Common Era
Migration movement from one country place or locality to another
Surplus An extra supply of food
New Stone Age Neolithic Age
Neolithic Revolution A fundamental change in the way people went from hunting and gathering to agriculture. Led to permanent settlements
Nomadic having no fixed home and moving according to the seasons from place to place in search of food, water and grazing land
Obsidian A dark natural glass that forms when hot molten or semifluid rock when a volcano cools
Specialization The development of different jobs
Ice age The time period that consisted of long periods of extreme cold weather that began around 100,000 B.C. and lasted till about 8000 B.C.
Sedentary staying or living in one place instead of moving to different places
Tribal a group of people that include many families and relatives who have the same language, customs, beliefs and leader.
Turning point an important moment of change (Neolithic Revolution)
Domestication the training of plants and animals to help humans
Catal Huyuk Neolithic site in present day turkey
Neolithic later part of the stone age when people used polished stone weapons
Paleolithic early phase of the stone age, lasting about 2.5 million years, when primative stone implements were used
Trade exchanging one item for another
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