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10726674488PaleolithicThe period of the Stone Age associated with the evolution of humans. It predates the Neolithic period.0
10726679223Prehistorythe period of time before written records1
10726682397Archeologythe study of material evidence of past human life2
10726682400AnthropologyStudy of the origins and development of people and their societies3
10726687795HominidAn early ancestor of humans4
10726712083Homo sapienshumans5
10726745623NeanderthalsIn Europe, another human species lived and adapted to life in the cold climates of the last Ice Age.6
10726788918MigrationA movement from one country or region to another7
10726791576AdaptationA trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce8
10726794448MesoamericaMexico and Central America9
10726804044hunter-foragerPerson who gets their food primarily by hunting or fishing animals and gathering plants10
10726904006Neolithic RevolutionA turning point in the stone age when humans began farming.11
10726948126PastoralismA type of agricultural activity based on nomadic animal husbandry or the raising of livestock to provide food, clothing, and shelter.12
10726960660agriculturefarming13
10726963981Mesopotamia(land between the rivers) The region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers; birthplace of the Sumerian and Babylonian Civilizations.14
10726981956Specialized LaborEach person is responsible for a specific, specialized set of tasks at which that person is to become proficient, the workers work is matched on the basis of merit.15
10726988283Artisansskilled workers who make goods by hand16
10726997944Sedentismthe practice of living in one place for a long time17
10727002198Elitesa group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status18
10727011693patriarchyA form of social organization in which males dominate females19
10727016327civilizationA complex, highly organized social order20
10727016328StateAn area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government with control over its internal and foreign affairs.21
10727019542EmpireA group of states or territories controlled by one ruler22
10727026091colonyA group of people in one place who are ruled by a parent country elsewhere.23
10727029932AristocracyA government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility24
10727039430surplusextra25
10727053527agrarianhaving to do with farming26
10731304314social hierarchythe division of society by rank or class27
10731305051convenantA mutual or legal agreement28
10731307712Disseminatorsthose journalists who confine their role to getting the facts of the story straight and moving the story out to the public quickly29

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