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Grade 6 SS
Topic 1 Civilizations
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| archaeologist | people who study human life in the past |
| Prehistory | before written records |
| fossil | hardened remains of an animal |
| geologist | people who study earth |
| artifact | something that was made by humans |
| hunter-gatherer | someone who hunts for small animals and gather plants |
| culture | where you’re from |
| evidence | proof |
| conclude | to end |
| migration | when someone leaves their homeland to live somewhere else |
| environment | surroundings |
| adapt | to get used to |
| complex | hard |
| network | a closely interconnected group of people or things |
| populate | |
| animism | beliefs on how that the natural world was filled with spirits |
| domesticate | to change the growth of plants or animals in ways that are useful for humans |
| revolution | to complete a change in ways of thinking and working |
| nomad | someone who moves from place to place |
| potential | possibility |
| reliable | trustworthy |
| surplus | extra, having more than you need |
| specialization | when people spend most of their time working at a single job or craft |
| economy | a system that a community uses to produce and distribute goods and services |
| benefit | gain, favorable result |
| accumulate | to attain a large amount of something |
| civilization | |
| resource | a supply of something that can be useful |
| religion | |
| social class | groups of people who occupy different ranks |
| manage | to take care of |