ST JUDE SOCIAL STUDIES 6B CHAPTER 3
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| prehistoric | Before history was written down; no written records.
Scientists learned about the people by what they left behind.
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| homosapiens | People with the same skull structure and physical characteristics we have today; HUMANS
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| Stone Age | A prehistoric time when the first humans made tools by chipping away at stone in order to shape it to do a specific job.
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| hunter-gatherers | people who live off wild game, plants, fish, fruit, and seeds
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| agriculture | working the land to grow plants on it
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| irrigation | direct water to fields through a system of ditches
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| domestication | the taming and raising of wild animals.
This gave people a steady supply of meat and milk.
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| surplus of food | far more food than they need
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| specialization of labor | people became skilled at specific jobs that helped the entire community
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| class | group of people make about the same amount of money and hold the same social position in society.
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| Fertile Crescent | Area where the Tigris and Euphrates rivers flow into the Persian Gulf.
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| silt | fine particles of soil from the lands they passed through
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| cuneiform | wedge shaped writing that contained over 800 signs
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| culture | the custom beliefs and a whole way of life of a group of people
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| belief | a system of ideas by which people live ideas in which people have confidence and trust
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| rituals | a form of ceremony associated with a religious cultural or political procedure
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| global village | a term that compares the world to a small village wherefast modarn communication allows news to travel quickly
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| anthropologist | a scientist who studies people and their cultures
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| arhaelogist | a scientist who studies past civilications by examining ancient pottery buildings and remains
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| artifact | a object from the past of historicalinterest such as ancient tools and pottery
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| fossil | the remains of traces ofa plant or animalsfrom an earlier age
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| site | aplace where scientists search for signs of past human civilization
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| Bible | a book of ancient writings sacred to Christianity and Judaism
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| Covenant | a solemn agreement
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| Nomad | a person who moves from place to place in search of food and water
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| Monothaism | the worship of one all poweful god
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| Diaspora | the scattering of jews throughout the world since ancient times
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| Rabbi | a religious scholar or leader in the jewish faith
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| Snyagogue | a place for worship and study in the jewish faith
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| polytheistic | worshipping many gods
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| Code of Hammurabi | best preserved ancient code of laws
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