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Social Studies Vocab

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Archeologist   An expert who studies the past by examining objects that people have left behind  
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Historian   An expert who studies and records the past  
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Geographer   An expert who studies and creates maps of earths natural and humanmade features  
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Artifact   An object made or used by people in the past  
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Prehistoric   Before written history  
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Ritual   Relating to a ceremony, such as a religious ritual  
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Stone age   The first period of prehistoric human culture, from about 2 million years ago to around 3000 B.C.E  
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Paleolithic Age   The first period of the Stone Age called the Old Stone Age, from about 2 million years ago to around 8000 B.C.E  
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Neolithic Age   The later part of the Stone Age called the new stone age, from 8000 B.C.E to about 3000 B.C.E  
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Domesticate   To train a wild animal to be useful to humans  
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Agriculture   The business of farming  
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Trade   The business of buying, trading or selling items  
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Ore   A mineral mined for its valuable uses  
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Social Structure   The organization of a community  
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Mesopatamia   In ancient times, the geographic area located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers  
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Sumer   An area in the southern part of Mesopotamia, where cities first appeared  
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city-state   An early city that was like a small independent country with its own laws and government  
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irrigation system   A means of supplying land/an area of land with water  
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Sumerians   An ancient people who lived in the ancient geographic land of Sumer  
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Levee   A wall of earth used to prevent water from flooding city-states and towns in ancient sumer  
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Pictograph   A symbol that stands for an object  
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Culture   A characteristic of a civilization that includes the beliefs and behaviors of a society or group of people  
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Civilization   A culture marked by developments in arts, sciences, government, social structure and other advancements  
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Technology   The use of tools and other inventions for practical purposes  
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Status   Importance  
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Chariot   A two wheeled vehicle pulled by a horse  
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Scribe   A person who writes  
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Ziggurat   An ancient Mesopotamian temple tower  
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Arch   An upside down U or V shaped structure that supports weight above it, as in a doorway  
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Cuneiform   Writing that uses wedge-shaped charaters  
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