241237971 | culture | way of life of a group of people | 0 | |
241237972 | customs | social habits or ways of living in a group | 1 | |
241417212 | society | group of people bound together by the same culture | 2 | |
241417213 | values | beliefs or ideals that guide the way people live | 3 | |
241417214 | government | established form of ruling | 4 | |
241417215 | religion | belief in God or gods; help answer questions about life's mysteries | 5 | |
241417216 | Ice Age | long periods of cold that lasted millions of years | 6 | |
241417217 | glaciers | great sheets of ice | 7 | |
241417218 | Old Stone Age | 1st stage of human life when people made tools from stone and learned how to work together to meet their needs | 8 | |
241417219 | nomad | a person without a permanent home who travels in search of food | 9 | |
242975755 | New Stone Age | the 5,000 year period that followed the Old Stone Age | 10 | |
242975756 | civilization | a culture that has developed systems of government, religion, and learning | 11 | |
242975757 | domesticate | to tame animals to make them useful to people | 12 | |
242975758 | cultivate | prepare and use land for raising crops | 13 | |
242975759 | specialize | to be trained to do a particular kind of work | 14 | |
242975760 | artisan | a person skilled in making crafts; craftsworker | 15 | |
242975761 | technology | the use of skills and tools to serve human needs | 16 | |
242975762 | prehistory | the time before writing began | 17 | |
242975763 | history | the record of what happened in the past | 18 | |
242975764 | artifacts | objects made by people long ago | 19 | |
242975765 | archaeology | the study of the remains of past cultures | 20 | |
242975766 | primary sources | 1st hand accounts of an event (letters, diaries, official records, belongings) | 21 | |
242975767 | secondary sources | writings about past events that are based on information from primary sources | 22 |
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