Culture Vocab Flashcards
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| 112883543 | Culture | the way of life a group of people at a particular time, inculding their customs, beliefs, and arts. | 0 | |
| 112883544 | Custom | A social habit or way of living in a group | 1 | |
| 112883545 | Society | a group of people bound together by the same culture | 2 | |
| 112883546 | Values | the beliefs and principles that guide the way people live. | 3 | |
| 112883547 | Legacy | the gifts a culture has recieved and the gifts it passes on to the future. | 4 | |
| 112883548 | Ice Age | a long period in the past that lasted for millions of years: glaciers covered much of the earth during this time. | 5 | |
| 112883549 | Glacier | a great sheet of slowly moving ice. | 6 | |
| 112883550 | Old Stone Age | the earliest period of human culture beginning about 2 million years ago and lasting until about 8000 B.C.E | 7 | |
| 112883551 | Nomad | A person who moves from place to place in search of food | 8 | |
| 112883552 | New Stone Age | Started in 8000 B.C.E. and the people first domesticated animals, farmed the land and lived in communities. | 9 | |
| 112883553 | Domesticate | to tame in order to make useful to humans | 10 | |
| 112883554 | Cultivate | To prepare and use the land for raising crops. This marked the beginning of the New Stone Age. | 11 | |
| 112883555 | Specialize | when you train to do a certain kind of work. | 12 | |
| 112883556 | Artisan | a person skilled of crafts such as carving or tool making. | 13 | |
| 112883557 | Technology | The use of skills and tools to serve as human resources | 14 | |
| 112883558 | Catal Huyuk | a village in the New Stone Age | 15 | |
| 112883559 | History | the record of what has happened in the past. | 16 | |
| 112883560 | Pre History | the period in history when events were not written. | 17 | |
| 112883561 | Artifacts | objects made by people long ago. | 18 | |
| 112883562 | Archeology | the study of remains or past cultures. | 19 | |
| 112883563 | Primary Source | a first-hand account of an event, such as an official document, diary, or a letter. | 20 | |
| 112883564 | Secondary Source | a written record of the past such as a book by a historian that is based on information from a primary source or sources. | 21 | |
| 274352383 | Timeline | a line that places important events with their dates | 22 |