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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1. agriculture | The practice of farming. |
| archaeologist | a scientist who studies human history by digging up human remains and artifacts |
| artifact | a simple object such as a tool or ornament showing human work (representing a culture or a stage of a culture) |
| . artisans | a worker in a skilled trade, especially one that involves making things by hand |
| . B.C.E. | Before the Common Era (before the birth of Christ) |
| C.E. | Common Era; the global standard used to count years based on the birth of Christ |
| domesticate | to adapt wild plants and animals for human use |
| fossil | remains, impression, or trace of a living thing of a former geologic age, as a skeleton, footprint |
| history/historian | The written and other recorded events of the past/ A person that studies and writes about the past. |
| migration | movement from one country, place, or locality to another |
| Neolithic | later part of the Stone Age when people used ground or polished stone weapons and implements |
| . Neolithic Revolution | a fundamental change in the way people lived 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 lava from a volcano cools (used to make arrowheads) |
| Paleolithic | early part of the Stone Age, lasting about 2.5 million years, when primitive stone implements were used |
| prehistory | The period of time before writing was invented. |
| sedentary | staying or living in one place instead of moving to different places |
| social class | Groups of people having similar backgrounds, incomes, and ways of living. |
| surplus | Having more than you need. |
| technology | The use of skills and tools to meet practical human needs. |
| . tribal | a group of people that live together (that includes many families and relatives who have the same language, customs, and beliefs, and leader) |
| . turning point | the point at which a very significant (important) change occurs |
| Border Cave | A prehistoric rock shelter on the border between South Africa and Eswatini in Africa. |
| Lascaux Caves | A network of caves in France where over 600 prehistoric drawings have been discovered |
| Catal Hoyuk | A Neolithic settlement, one of the first of its kind, found in Turkey |
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