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10523279734Venus Figurines*Definition:* Paleolithic statuette portraying a woman.0
10523279735Dreamtime*Definition:* Recounting of the beginning of things through ancestral beings (how it all started/create).1
10523279736Clovis Culture*Definition:* Prehistoric Paleo-Indian culture, named for distinct stone tools.2
10523279737MegaFaunal Extinction*Definition:* The destruction of large or relatively large animals of a particular time period.3
10523279738Austronesian Migration*Definition:* Expansion of a group of people (Austronesians) from Asia to the Pacific islands.4
10523279739"The Original Affluent Society"*Definition:* The gathering and Hunting people where people worked fewer hours to meet needs. Meaning they had more leisure time.5
10523279740Shamans*Definition:* Person regarded as having access to the world of good and evil spirits (using drugs).6
10523279741Trance Dance*Definition:* Ritual where shamans dance and sing special medicine songs.7
10523279742Paleolithic Settling Down*Definition:* The process of people moving toward permanent settlements at the end of the Last Ice Age.8
10523279743Gobekli Tepe*Definition:* Massive Limestone pillars carved in a T-shape in a set of circle/rings for a ceremony. World's oldest temple.9
10523279744Fertile Crescent*Definition:* Region containing moist and fertile land of Western Asia.10
10523279745Teosinte*Definition:* Mountain grass (ancestor of corn) in Southern Mexico.11
10523279746Diffusion Migration*Definition:* Spreading of something more widely (people).12
10523279747Bantu Migration*Definition:* Migrations of Bantu people.13
10523279748Ishi*Definition:* Name means "Person". A man from one of the last hunter/gatherers in California.14
10523279749Banpo*Definition:* Archaeological site of an ancient village.15
10523279750"Secondary Products Revolution"*Definition:* Innovations in Eurasian society and culture.16
10523279751Pastoral Societies*Definition:* Nomadic group of people who travel with herds of domesticated animals (food source).17
10523279752Catalhuyuk*Definition:* Large settlement. One of the first cities.18
10523279753Chiefdoms*Definition:* Form of hierarchical political organization society based on kinship with a formal leader.19

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