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AP US history Unit 1
Question | Answer |
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Hominid | A primate of a family that includes humans and their fossil ancestors and also (in recent systems) at least some of the great apes. |
Culture | The arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively. |
Neanderthal | An extinct species of human that was widely distributed in ice-age Europe between c. 120,000-35,000 years ago, with a receding forehead and prominent brow ridges. |
Cro-Magnon | A hominid of a tall erect race of the Upper Paleolithic known from skeletal remains found chiefly in Southern France and classified as the same species as present day humans. |
Agriculture | The science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animas to provide food, wool, and other products. |
Domestication | The process of taming an animal and keeping it as a pet or on a farm. |
Hunter-Gatherer | A member of a nomadic people who live chiefly by hunting, fishing, and harvesting wild food. |
Teosinte | A Mexican grass that is grown as folder and is considered to be one of the parent plants of modern corn. |
Pastoralist | A sheep or cattle farmer. |
Neolithic Revolution | the origin and consequences the introduction of agriculture, domestication of animals, and a more sedentary life during the later part of the Stone Age. |