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2949719663anthropologista student of the history and science of mankind0
2949722889archeologistA person who looks for bones, tools, and artifacts from people who lived long ago to find out how people lived then1
2949724934cultureBeliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people.2
2949725979horticulturecultivation of crops carried out with simple hand tools such as digging sticks or hoes3
2949727039agricultureThe art and science of producing food from the land and tending livestock for the purpose of human consumption.4
2949735180bronze agea period of human culture between the Stone Age and the Iron Age, characterized by the use of weapons and implements made of bronze5
2949737747bureacracyA system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives6
2949740971revolutionAny large change in a society or world7
2949751075neolithic revolutionThe switch from nomadic lifestyles to a settled agricultural lifestyle is this revolution.8
2949755402paleolithic eracalled the old stone age (from 10,000 to 2.5 million years ago); they were concerned with food supply; they used stone as well as bone tools; they were nomadic hunters and gatherers.9
2949756603nomadicMoving from place to place with no permanent home10
2949760408neanderthalsfirst to hunt in groups; care for the sick; have ritual burials11
2949775257subsistence farmingProducing almost all the goods needed by the farm family, usually with a little extra for sale12
2949784637Animismfirst religion polytheistic shamans plant and animal gods13
2949787312hierarchyA system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.14
2949789303Mesolithic eratime between paleolithic and neolithic era15
2949792677Shamansperson that can contact the plant and animal spirits in Animistic religion16
2949800897domestication of plants and animalsbreeding food and labor were the three main improvements that came with this17
2949812704pictogramEarliest written symbols that represented early ideas18
2949816404historic methodcomprises the techniques and guidelines by which historians use primary sources and other evidence, including the evidence of archaeology, to research and then to write histories in the form of accounts of the past.19
2949850211economythe wealth and resources of a country or region, especially in terms of the production and consumption of goods and services.20
2949852619divine rightancient politicians claiming the gods chose him to be their ruler21

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