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The Neolithic Revolu
Vocabulary unit 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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,and representing a culture or a stage,in the development of a culture |
| B.C.E | Before the common era{Before The Birth Of Christ} |
| Catal Hoyuk | Neolithic site in present day Turkey |
| C.E | Common era{Year of the birth of the Christ} |
| Domestication | The taming & training of the plants and animals to be useful to humans |
| Excavate | To carefully dig up |
| Fossil | remains,impression,or trace of a living thing of former geologic age,such as a skeleton or a footprint |
| Historian | people who study and write about the past |
| Hunter-Gatherer | Human that hunt wild animals,or gather edible plants as a way to feed themselves |
| Migration | movement from one country,place or locality to another |
| Neolithic age | people used polished stone weapons and implements |
| Neolithic revolution | changed the way people lived. they went from hunting and gathering to agriculture. |
| nomadic | people that moved from place to place |
| obsidian | a dark natural glass made when melted volcanic rock cools |
| paleolithic | the early stone age when people used simple stone tools |
| prehistory | the time period before any written records |
| primary source | something created during the time being studied |
| secondary source | information created after an event happened |
| sedentary | living in one place instead of moving to different places |
| tribal | a group of family sharing language, beliefs, and a leader |
| turning point | The point when an important change occurs |