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Global List 1
Basic terms
Question | Answer |
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Geography | the study of people, their environments, and their resources. |
Latitude | the distance north or south of the equator. |
Longitude | the distance east or west of the prime meridian. |
Prehistory | the period of time before writing systems were invented. |
Anthropology | the study of origins and developement of people and their societies. |
Culture | the way of life of a society that is handed down from one generation to the next by learning and experince. |
Archeology | the study of past people and cultures. |
Artifact | an object made by human beings. |
Technology | the tools and skills people use to meet their basic needs. |
Historian | a person who studies how people lived in the past. |
Nomad | a person who moves from place to place in search af food. |
Glacier | a thick sheet of ice that covered part of the world during the ice age. |
Animism | the belief that spirits or forces live in animals, objects, or dreams. |
Domesticate | to tame animals and adapt crops for purpose of civilization. |
Civilization | a complex highly organized social order. |
Surplus | extra or excess. |
Polytheistic | believing in many gods. |
Artisan | a skilled craft worker. |
Pictogram | a drawing used to represent a word. |
Scribe | a specially trained person who knew how to read, write, and keep records in ancient times. |
City-state | a political unit made up of a city and the surrounding lands. |
Empire | a group of states or territories ruled by one ruler. |
Steppe | a sparse, dry grassland. |
Cultural Diffusion | the spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one people to another. |