A severe shortage of food that affects many people, often leading to hunger and starvation.

GDP (Gross Domestic Product), is the total value of all goods and services produced in a country in one year. Per capita divides the GDP by the country's population. It’s a way to find an average and can often be a better indicator of a country’s wealth.

A system that makes up and enforces the laws in a civilization.

A system where people are ranked one above the other based on status, importance, or authority.

To bring goods or products into a civilization from another to be sold.

Indigenous people are the original inhabitants of a land or region before others arrived or colonized it.

A group of businesses that produce similar products or provide similar services, like the automobile industry or the food industry.

New ideas, methods, or products that improve how things are done are often known as innovations.

A new device, tool, or process that someone creates for the first time.

The method of supplying water to land or crops to help them grow, especially in dry areas.

Refers to the work people do, especially physical work, to produce goods or provide services

Natural features of the Earth’s surface, like mountains, valleys, rivers, and plains

The line of descendants or the family history of a person or group, tracing back through their ancestors

To make products, usually in large quantities.

To move from one place to another, often over long distances, to live or settle down.

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Famine	A severe shortage of food that affects many people, often leading to hunger and starvation.
GDP Per Capita	GDP (Gross Domestic Product), is the total value of all goods and services produced in a country in one year. Per capita divides the GDP by the country's population. It’s a way to find an average and can often be a better indicator of a country’s wealth.
Government	A system that makes up and enforces the laws in a civilization.
Hierarchy	A system where people are ranked one above the other based on status, importance, or authority.
Import	To bring goods or products into a civilization from another to be sold.
Indigenous	Indigenous people are the original inhabitants of a land or region before others arrived or colonized it.
Industry	A group of businesses that produce similar products or provide similar services, like the automobile industry or the food industry.
Innovation	New ideas, methods, or products that improve how things are done are often known as innovations.
Invention	A new device, tool, or process that someone creates for the first time.
Irrigation	The method of supplying water to land or crops to help them grow, especially in dry areas.
Labor	Refers to the work people do, especially physical work, to produce goods or provide services
Landforms	Natural features of the Earth’s surface, like mountains, valleys, rivers, and plains
Lineage	The line of descendants or the family history of a person or group, tracing back through their ancestors
Manufacture	To make products, usually in large quantities.
Migrate	To move from one place to another, often over long distances, to live or settle down.

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