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Social Studies
Early Man Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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history | written and recorded events of people |
prehistory | before history |
archaelogist | a scientist who examines bones and tools to learn about past people and cultures |
oral tradition | stories passed down through generations by word of mouth |
nomad | a person who has no single, settled home |
fertile | land or soil that contains substances plants need in order to grow well |
domesticate | to tame animals |
irrigation | supplying land with water |
surplus | more of a thing that is needed |
artisan | a worker who is especially skilled in making something, baskets, leather goods, tools, jewelry, pottery or clothes |
civilizations | a society with cities and a central government |
social class | a group or class that is made up of people with similar backgrounds |