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History Exam
Terms
Term | Definition |
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agricultural revolution | any of several revolutionary changes that have occurred in the agricultural practices of societies throughout history |
artifact | The definition of an artifact is something made by humans and often is a primitive tool, structure, or part of a functional item. |
artisan | a skilled worker |
australopithecines | a humanlike primates |
barter | trade |
bronze age | A period of human culture between the Stone Age and the Iron Age |
cro-magnons | a prehistoric person |
culture | a particular set of customs, morals, codes and traditions from a specific time and place. |
cuneiform | wedge-shaped |
domestication | taming wild animals |
homo sapien | scientific name for human beings |
homo erectus | another species of extinct human beings |
homo habillus | another species of extinct human beigns |
hominid | two legged primates |
hunter-gatherer | a member of a culture that gathers food |
irrigation | the operation of having water flow over the lands to nourish plants |
Lucy | the skeletal remains of a female hominid |
Mary Leaky | she discovered the first fossilized Proconsul skull |
neanderthals | primitive |
neolithic age | age of chipped stone tools |
neolithic revolution | a fundamental change in the way people lived |
nomad | a group that wanders around |
paleolithic age | age of stone tools |
prehistoric | denoting the period before written records |
scribe | a person who copies manuscripts |
slash and burn farming | Slash and burn farming is a form of shifting agriculture where the natural vegetation is cut down and burned as a method of clearing the land for cultivation. |
specialization | an area of focus chosen by a company or individual |
Sumerian | a person who lives in Sumer |
Ziggurat | a temple tower |