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SS Unit 1 Terms

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TermDefinition
archaeologist a scientist who studies human history by digging up human fossils
artifact is a simple object that is man made and represents culture
B.C.E. Before the Common Era (before the birth of Christ)
Catal Hoyuk Neological site in present day Turkey
C.E. Common Era
domestication the taming & training of plants and animals to be useful to humans
excavate to carefully dig up
fossil is a former living thing such as a skeleton or a footprint
historian people who study and write about history
hunter-gatherer humans that hunt animals, or gather plants to eat
migration movement from place to another according to season
Neolithic Age near the end of the Stone Age
Neolithic Revolution when the people went from hunting and gathering to agriculture and stopped being nomadic
nomadic moving from one place to another and moving according to the seasons to find food, water, and land
obsidian is a dark natural glass that is lava from a volcano when it cools
Paleolithic Age beginning of the Stone Age
Prehistory the time period before any written records
Primary Source An artifact or information that was created at the time. It is an original source of information.
Secondary Source Something written after it happened or secondhandedly saying what happened
sedentary staying or living in one place. AKA the opposite of nomadic.
tribal a group of people that have the same families and relatives who share the same language, beliefs, and leader
turning point the point where a very important change happends
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